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I don't think you understand what I mean by liberty. Try to not let your political goggles blind you here.

> "pursuit of equality" = giving medicine, schooling to the poor

I'm all for achieving the best results. I want to see more education and better healthcare for everyone. What we're doing, however, is not achieving the best results. Why is it that these areas with the most government involvement (education, healthcare, and banking) seem to have the most problems? We spend more on education than anywhere else in the world (http://mat.usc.edu/u-s-education-versus-the-world-infographi...) yet the results aren't there. Same with healthcare.

> "liberty" = medieval scale deregulation + tax cuts for billionaires

How about tax cuts for everyone? No more income tax, no more corporate tax, no more FICA? What about removing regulations that encourage the growth of monopolies and too-big-to-fail banks, removing subsidies, and removing tax breaks for everyone? How about no more bailouts?

> And where people's freedom is actually destroyed, down the rathole of militarism and corporatism, well that's just "patriotism".

Militarism / corporatism are products of big government. How about a much smaller federal government?



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