Stigma in a Libertarian Commonwealth

A short post by Mr. Goldberg at National Review Online. I notice the word 'stigmata' seems to have a different meaning for Catholics. In any case, this followed some of my own thinking along these lines. Even in a totally libertarian commonwealth (such as I imagined in THE GOLDEN AGE) I propose there would have to be a formal or informal agency of imposing stigma on activities that were legal but unacceptable in polite society (such as I imagined with the College of Horators in that book).

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