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Libertarianism being the dominant political philosophy of the moment I fail to understand how one could look at the events of the last decade and determine tha
by orangecat 15y ago
Libertarianism being the dominant political philosophy of the moment
I fail to understand how one could look at the events of the last decade and determine that the major problems are that people have too much freedom and government has too little power.
- prodigal_erik 15y agoWhen unemployment skyrockets and employers may begin colluding to wield all the indirect coercion they like, because threatening homelessness and possibly starvation is somehow more ethical than threatening violence, that's a libertarian policy towards non-state power.
- orangecat 15y agoInterestingly, most of the employers that have been specifically identified as demanding Facebook passwords are government agencies: http://courantblogs.com/investigative-reporting/claim-check-employers-asking-for-facebook-passwords/ http://courantblogs.com/investigative-reporting/claim-check-...