With respect to the ongoing debate about Left vs. Right, the the current administration's willingness to trade freedom for security, consider the following quote, and try to guess who said it. The URL of a web page with the answer is at the end of this email.
You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose
between a left or a right. There is only an up or down:
up to man's age-old dream -- the ultimate in individual
freedom consistent with law and order -- or down to the
ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their
sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would
trade our freedom for security have embarked on this
downward course.A Libertarian friend urged me to be skeptical of the false dichotomy of Left vs. Right. Some of you may be familiar with the "Nolan Chart," or "diamond quiz" created by Libertarian party founder David Nolan. It measures political beliefs on two axes: personal liberty and economic liberty. It neatly preserves the prevailing "Left-center-Right" axis, from the left (people who place high value on personal liberty, less on economic liberty) to the right (high value on economic liberty, less on personal liberty). The new vertical axis runs from Libertarian at the top (value both personal and economic liberty) to "Authoritarian" at the bottom ("at least the trains run on time").
The origin of the quote at the top of this email is at <http://www.friesian.com/quiz.htm>. I know almost nothing about the publishers of the page that contains the quote above. If you see something there that you like, feel free to let them know. If something there pisses you off, feel free to take it up with them.
Dave
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