The libertarian moment?
Mar 11, 2009 Heart and spirit, Homo sapiens, O Mores!, Oppression, Politics and Poker
Glenn Reynolds points to Reason TV and “Why you’re living in the libertarian moment. ….”
I’ve suggested otherwise more than once, unless by “moment” we mean a passing pulse of time — then, perhaps, that’s about right.
But libertarianism is neither the default position of human affairs, nor, as an all-encompassing program, is it practical, sustainable or moral. Read my post here and perhaps you will want to engage on this issue. For even if this is that moment; and even if it is a longer moment than some of us would want, as of right now libertarianism isn’t even getting pushback from the non-evangelical traditional Right.
Well, that’s not right!
March 11th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Throw in enough socialism and the enemy of my enemy becomes my friend. Thus the lack of push back on the libertarian position.
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March 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
But what a mistake. There is no reason on earth not to cooperate with libertarians in opposing policies both broad types of conservatives find repugnant. That doesn’t mean, however, that we should cede so much philosophical, rhetorical and political ground in the public square. The left will always be the left, after all.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:04 am
True, in my opinion however, the libertarian party (much like the Republicans) has allowed themselves to be painted in an incorrect light. As someone that thinks that no problem is too big that the government can’t make it worse, I find the libertarian parties platform to be okay, just misguided in its marketing.
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March 15th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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