A Quote by Robert Nozick
The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.
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I did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.
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From dwarf tossing to drug taking: The legislator has no place in voluntary exchanges between consenting adults, as dodgy and as dangerous as these might be.
I repeat to you-my own view is, is that if a State-if people decide to-what they do in the privacy of their house, consenting adults should be able to do. This is America. It's a free society, but it doesn't mean we have to redefine traditional marriage.
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