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Nostralian | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Most people want to feel like they are protected and that someone else is making the hard decisions for them. They can't even lead in their own life.
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Kendy | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 This is exactly why libertarianism won’t scale broadly
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Nostralian | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 And why we should stop wasting our time trying to convince the masses. We need to focus on our own lives, build alternative systems, build community with the like minded and some will see that and start to come over.
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Kendy | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Nailed it 🎯
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philgarland | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There’s a passage in “How Innovation Works” by Matt Ridley talking about how we have ‘bred’ the human race to be more docile over the past 10,000 years in order to live in close quarters. It might also explain our proclivity to being ruled.
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Kendy | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Interesting connection. Definitely plausible