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A Police State Is Not Libertarian

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MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024
[W]henever the offense inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigor of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
– Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [1776]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
January 22, 2024
A Police State Is Not Libertarian
For some time now, there have been some libertarians who have tried desperately to convince themselves and others that America’s system of immigration controls, rather than open borders, is the genuine libertarian position. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. That’s because of the libertarian non-aggression principle. It holds that people are free to engage in any peaceful act so long …
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