Without moral argument at his disposal, a liberal is left only with the tool of cost-benefit analysis, but any such analysis must involve an interpersonal comparison of utility, and such a comparison is impossible (scientifically impermissible)…Liberals will have to recognize that no government can be contractually justified…
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Ph.D., Democracy the God That Failed, p. 235
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