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Entry: Rothbard vs. Raimondo on Race Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/rothbard_vs_raimondo_on_race#26596 Post contents: The real question, is what do the race realists propose? The current system is a disaster. Great. We agree on that. So what is the solution? If paternalism in all its forms is off the table, as I assume we all agree it should be, what does that leave? I assume there are still some lunatics that believe in recolonization and maybe even a crazy here or there in favor of a return to slavery, but as a serious matter, there are two solutions. One is a rigidly enforced racial caste system imposed by a national police force with unparalleled powers. The other, saner option is the one endorsed by the Rothbardians of all ilks, left, paleo and otherwise: cultural and community based secession. Frankly the race realists over at VDare seem a little comfortable with the police state, not to mention awfully shortsighted when it comes to matters of race. I am not frightened by or opposed to white nationalism or black nationalism, but when they are used to justify things like forced sterilization or Mugabe's killing fields they ought to be tossed on the woodpile. Especially when there is a better option available. Rothbard believed in racial differences (he also believed that slavery was the Republics original sin..I suppose in the eyes of some that makes him a PC fool). So do I. So does Jeremiah Wright. Off the record most everyone does. The issue isn't the existence of these differences, so much as it is what tactics and behaviors should be taken by all sides to keep those differences from destroying the whole. Sent at: 2008 12 02