Ep 18: Ch 9, Part 3: “Optimism”
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Would I Use a Gun to Build a Public Library?
LZ Granderson: Would i use a gun to build a library? He says he would beg people, try and persuade them. LZ: Many see this as too hard an ask. People are pessimists about the possibility of non violence. We do want public libraries, for example,. But the alternative view is that only only force can do things like roads, or social welfare, or any of a large list of things which private industry can never do. Those. lz: It's rare to encounter other genuine libertarians like this - they think some coercion, some force, some violence, is necessary in order to do good public works.
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