His conclusion is a straw man
When he says "the abstract notion of self interest" his thesis falls apart.
I will grant that a fundamental flaw with Libertarian thought is that it relies on rational self-interest, and that a great meany people are stupid and irrational. If someone is ignorant enough to ascribe behaviors to an entire group based on skin color, for example, then it IS a short leap from self-interest to naked racism.
But that's a problem with the application, not the idea.
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Posted: 09/20/2017 at 2:13PM