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Entry: Ron Paul and Pius IX Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_and_pius_ix#16210 Post contents: "It’s not to deny that any community anywhere has the moral right to employ the State to pursue its vision of the Good. (There’s nothing wrong with Kaiser Franz Josef endowing a monastery here and there, or the Israeli government helping educate rabbis.) In many cultural contexts, the State can fruitfully employ its power to promote the faith and morals held in common by a community." Yet why would it be good for other nations but not for us? If you agree that in America the state should be as small as possible, then that should apply to all nations, since we humans everywhere are all subject to natural law. The difference, though, is that while neocons would want to use force to bring change to other nations, we as libertarians would hope to use persuasion and stand as an example. Sent at: 2008 09 08