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Blackwater's roid-rage induced shoot-em-up counts as a stunning paradigmatic case study for the libertarian ideology of privatizing away the government. No doubt Ron Paul's cross-country sycophants are thrilled with the efficiency and industry of Blackwater's cold-blooded murderers, who don't need our support (unlike our non-privatized military), and who are happy to be in Iraq (unlike our non-privatized military) following market logic to its bloody conclusion.
Well, OK, maybe Blackwater isn't an entirely privatized mercenary operation, since the taxpayer paid for those 17 deaths. If they were truly privatized, maybe they could have killed more civilians. But it's an indication that that Ron Paul and his assholeciates could refer to in defense of the libertarian utopia.
