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		johngunderman on Jan 11, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, ... which is exactly why no ideology should be taken to an extreme. You end up with Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin.

ckinnan on Jan 11, 2009 [–]

On the whole, the Founding Fathers were extremists for liberty. They were quite radical, by the standard of their day and certainly by today's standards.

Extreme liberty == Articles of Confederation (the first failed U.S. government, wasn't strong enough) versus extreme national socialism == 10s of millions dead.

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