Rational Self-Interest is the answer to all of our problems

[andrewducker]

I was very amused by this, but if you haven't spent time around libertarians, you might not be:

via Tobia Buckell, who regularly has interesting stuff.

Comments

[eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Oh come on...

I've never come across a "libertarian" who thinks that the ideal level of government is nil, and I a speak as a libertarian*. We're generally people who believe that the ideal level of government is substantially less than it is now in most countries, but that there are some things governments do better than anything else - like defence, law and order and enforcing property rights.

On the other hand, I do occasionally come across socialists and communists who believe that the ideal level of government is close to 100%.






* Well, actually I would prefer the term "liberal", but that has unfortunate connotations, especially across the Atlantic.

[andrewducker]

I've come across some. Crazy Randian types. I used to be on a mailing list full of them.

Most of them, thankfully, aren't that bad. The more extreme stuff seems to wear off after they get out of university :->

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

I suspect that every school of political thought has its nutty fringes. There are so few libertarians compared to statists though that our nutty fringe is essentially invisible.

[andrewducker]

The nuttiest members of any group also seem to be the loudest.

Or, at least, the most memorable.

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

<soundeffect>raspberry!</soundeffect>

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

LOL. Lots.

Shame they didn't mention the pirates! ;)