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> libertarians only support laws that are DEFENSIVE in nature

This is key for a few reasons. By rephrasing everything from 'X is wrong because ...' to an issue of the right transgressed you're entirely sidestepping the issue of victimless crimes. Second, they're by nature proportional.

> only what the individual forces have a natural and lawful right to do

Right, a collective is the sum of its members so it has their rights and no more.

This firmly roots all power in the individual. It's semantically incorrect to write a libertarian law allowing actions that people themselves don't have the right to perform. Again, sidestepping entirely the tyranny of the majority.

It's not perfect, but it's a far better base to start from.



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