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Title: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: Lord T Hawkeye on December 08, 2012, 11:11:19 PM
So far, I have these

"Well I went through X and it worked fine for me!"
"Well I've paid taxes for years and I don't see any gun aimed at me!"
"We just need small government.  Anarchy is too extreme!"
"But there would be just chaos with no government!"
"Anarchy requires everyone to be saints!"
"But we'll get invaded!"

Anyone got one they'd like added?
Title: Re: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: R.E.H.W.R. on December 09, 2012, 12:40:13 AM
"If people are allowed to own deadly weapons, they'll just go around murdering each other."
Title: Re: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: ebalosus on December 09, 2012, 06:10:59 AM
In case you haven't covered this one before:

"Without the government, how will we deal with market failures?"
Title: Re: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: MrBogosity on December 09, 2012, 07:56:17 AM
"But you anti-government types still use the roads! You're hypocrites!"
Title: Re: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: MrBogosity on December 09, 2012, 07:59:07 AM
Then there's the bit where they complain about monopolies as a failure of the free market, then turn around and defend government monopolies (power, roads, etc.).
Title: Re: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: VectorM on December 09, 2012, 08:48:29 AM
You could probably pick some from here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/29/1078852/-75-Ways-Socialism-Has-Improved-America

Title: Re: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: MrBogosity on December 09, 2012, 09:07:10 AM
"Capitalism may have worked fine in the 19th century, but now the population is bigger!"
Title: Re: Making a new "10 favorite statist arguments" vid. Got any submissions?
Post by: VectorM on December 09, 2012, 10:28:36 AM
As if the same people would have been for it back then.