{Libertarianism?}[31st March 1976]

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Any form of government depends ultimately on the consent of the people governed, however obtained. In a democracy this consent must, by and large, be obtained by persuasion or less forceful methods. This cannot happen without a popular feeling of responsibility towards the democratically governed unit – the nation. But awareness of nationality is a tenuous, a precarious – even a fickle thing. It is a sense of community like any other. Being less obviously appropriate, this sense has to be learned. It is best learned by perceiving example. The only other significant communities for the Individual are the Family and the Local Community.

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