Paul lost me when he, and his son both, stood by their belief that individual liberties should ultimately trump societal equality, as business and land owners saw fit, to whatever belief or extreme that entailed. This particular Thought Experiment troubles me greatly, in that, it's assumed that organically it will manifest itself *eventually*, to be a positive in a Utopian fashion of harmony.
From the civil war forward, it took government intervention finally in the 60's to force inclusion and equality of other members of our society that had been here as long as any one else. This wasn't just a problem in the south. The north, while more progressive and welcoming, was still also woefully lacking. Even our gay population is just now, with government intervention, seeing some semblance of equality emerge, but are still struggling to enjoy those equality's and will for some time to come I imagine.
I like that he seemingly sees organic solutions as being positive in short order...but history and reality paint a very stark contrast to the belief.
You say it so much better than I do. This is my complaint with him. To me; ignorance of racism or hate is the same as racism and hate. Glossing it over with shouts of freedom from government intrusion doesn't help.
