I am friends with public choice theory. I am friends with Gabriel Kolko. “Libertarianism isn’t stable” is another sad fact of life. And it’s pretty well known, even among non-academic, torches-and-pitchforks types. Sometimes people’s reaction is “well, we must be eternally vigilant against government.” That doesn’t seem right either—it’s the same kind of reasoning as “well, we must be eternally vigilant against people pursuing economic self-interest.” There are a lot of unknowns and challenges here… but my point is that libertarians aren’t completely clueless about their existence.
(I feel like I’ve veered dangerously close to breaking the “no politics” rule and I don’t want us to go off the deep end.)
um...really?
I am friends with public choice theory. I am friends with Gabriel Kolko. “Libertarianism isn’t stable” is another sad fact of life. And it’s pretty well known, even among non-academic, torches-and-pitchforks types. Sometimes people’s reaction is “well, we must be eternally vigilant against government.” That doesn’t seem right either—it’s the same kind of reasoning as “well, we must be eternally vigilant against people pursuing economic self-interest.” There are a lot of unknowns and challenges here… but my point is that libertarians aren’t completely clueless about their existence.
(I feel like I’ve veered dangerously close to breaking the “no politics” rule and I don’t want us to go off the deep end.)