>>36 But it all amounts to the humans, and we are not electrons. I believe free will is an illusion but that doesn't mean I can accept everything that is going on. Capitalism is, in essence, a whore. Most positive side-effects save for sheer profit are accidental, and so are the negative side-effects. The issue isn't freedom for me, but rather what we are doing with that freedom. I don't know if the left create a more meritocratic society, but I do know that the US is less meritocratic than Socialist Sweden of today.
I think we will coalesce into refined libertarians, you and I. I can't budge on gay marriage, you can't budge on guns, and we are both correct. I wish to transform the left towards libertarianism, you consider the right to better suit that aim. Hopefully we can comport in the future.