This is a bit of my episode with Dr. Gerard Casey in which we discuss the application of Rothbard to immigration and borders. -P
Penjammin: [Rothbard] quotes William Lloyd Garrison, who was an abolitionist, as saying, “Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.” Could you hash this out for us a little bit. What does that mean?
Gerard Casey: Yeah, I know where he's coming from on this. I mean, he says elsewhere in the chapter that a libertarian, you know, if presented with a button which would transform us from where we are now to a libertarian society, should be willing to push the button.
Penjammin: Yeah.
Gerard Casey: But then he goes on to say very quickly, of course, that that's not a real possibility. So it doesn't actually arise as an existential choice. So the thing about gradualism is . . .
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