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It's odd to know Ferrett from the Magic community and then see his link on the tech related site. While very well written and an enjoyable read, my problem wit
by trickjarrett 16y ago
It's odd to know Ferrett from the Magic community and then see his link on the tech related site.
While very well written and an enjoyable read, my problem with his opinion and the people who think Libertarians = Anarcho-capitalists is that they take it to the complete extreme. Democrats aren't Socialists, etc. My #1 desire with Libertarianism is for a smaller government, not a destroyed government.
- DannoHung 16y agoWhat's the easiest way to make an organization get smaller?
- russellallen 16y agoOutside pressure. Actually, that's the only way.
- nhebb 16y agoUnpopularity.
- ajuc 16y agoIntroduce fees.
- jacoblyles 16y agoWhat's wrong with anarcho-capitalists? They don't believe in chaos. They believe society would function better if laws were provided in a market and consumers had choices of law providers. They may be wrong, but the position is not a priori laughable. Have you read "The Machinery of Freedom" by David Friedman or other pieces of anarcho-capitalist literature? If not, then what gives you the right to dismiss it so easily?
- trickjarrett 16y agoI have not, and I did not mean to sound dismissive of the Anarcho-Capitalist beliefs. I simply meant that the term is not analogous to Libertarianism.
- moultano 16y agoI'm tired of the crazy libertarians spoiling it for the rest of us. I would like to have something to call myself that includes removing corn subsidies and capping medicare, but also retaining fiat currency and instituting a carbon tax.
- kiba 16y agoThey are just libertarians who take the position to the logical extreme. It's why some libertarian opponents sometime said libertarianism is very consistent. Being a moderate is nice because you get to be vague and stuff. However, being a crazy radical actually does have a perk. It make me very open to technologies in a way that's just not possible with other political philosophy.
- jbooth 16y agoI'd suggest "Democrat" :) We might not agree with libertarians 100% of the time, but we're not lunatics, we're with you on social issues, not actually that far economically, and we approach problems with the intention of solving/ameliorating them, rather than using them as social dog whistles. It beats hearing rhetoric about small gov't and then getting Medicare Part D (absolute budget disaster - and obamacare reduces the projected medicare deficit, for those keeping score at home)
- moultano 16y agoI generally vote democrat in national elections, and whoever seems most competent in local elections. The democrats at the moment seem to have a monopoly on "believing in science." So I don't really have much of a choice.
- epochwolf 16y agoI'm tried of religion being spoiled for the rest of us by a few fanatics. What is it with religion/politics/"science" that makes person urn their brains off?