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Comments by Joe S.*

On “The Futility of Protesting

True libertarians have become increasingly disaffected by any attempt at collective action, because it is always -- always -- co-opted by the Establishment and diverted into inanity. I saw this happen with Ron Paul Meet-Ups a couple years ago when Republican Party hacks invaded and set us to work waving hand-made signs on overpasses instead of letting us get our message out about how screwed up the banking system is in this country.

I am coming more and more to believe that collective action against the Establishment is impossible and that the only way we can make change is by staying under the radar, to individually blog and relate to people one on one. Otherwise, wherever two or three are gathered, the Powers That Be will slip in a 'jammer' who ensures the message is drowned out in the noise.

On “atheism and monsters

Most atheists believe that evolution is a common process and that there is nothing special about the existence of humankind. Thus, given a universe of inconceivably vast scope, is it not plausible -- no, make that probable -- that somewhere on another planet, a Flying Spaghetti Monster has actually evolved?

And according to many physicists, there are infinite parallel universes in alternate dimensions as well. So I wouldn't rule out invisible pink unicorns either.

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