On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:01:41 -0500, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I've read a good deal of a sub-section of the European Left in the twin > > > list (Culture). Not everyone is there, of course, but the mean of > Culture > > > is both far to the left and very libertarian....the cognative > dissonence > > > involved with that is generally ignored. > > > > Care to expand upon this cognitive dissonance? > > Sure. I hope you don't mind if I do it in stages. Lets first consider the > classic libertarian. They believe that no government is the ideal > government...but will settle for limited government. Aynn Rand, in Atlas > Shrugged, gives a good representation of a classic libertarian. > Libertarians believe that people should be allowed to make whatever free > choice those people feel is in their best interest. Taxes should be > minimal, and only pay for the essential role of government: courts, army > etc. The most extreme libertarians I have heard of even think privatizing > the police and courts is realistic. > > I'll stop here and see if you agree with this view of libertarianism, > before going on. Yes, I'd say that was classic libertarianism. This is of course very different to the sense in which the Culture list is strongly libertarian. Martin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
