Re: Cheerful libertarianism

From: randy (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Tue Sep 09 2003 - 03:42:37 MDT

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    On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:52:05 +0200, you wrote

    >So if I understood Randy right, some entire cultures should be managed
    >by other cultures "for their own good" since they are not rational and
    >wise, while Robert thinks people are not rational and wise since some
    >people choose short-term goals.
    >

    That is certainly an "interesting" extrapolation of what I actually
    said. What I actually said was:

    "But I do not think people in all cultures operate wisely and
    rationally.
    Cultures endorse behavior, and some cultures are not very rational.
    Therfore, some cultures do not operate very well at all. For example,
    I do
    not think there are any rational cultures in Africa, as far as I can
    tell."

    >Personally I think you are falling into exactly the trap Brin was
    >warning against. These views are not compatible with the libertarian
    >idea that people can be trusted and allowed to run their own lives.

    Again....what the heck did this come from?

    >Thefact that some are not rational or long-term is not an indictment of
    >everybody else. And policies based on the "people are irrational and
    >stupid" meme complex tend to be centralist, misanthropic and coercive.
    >
    >In Randy's case, the response is likely to have the rational cultures
    >manage the irrational ones.

    **YOU** manage them. I have better ways to spend my money. I say
    leave them be--let Darwin sort things out.

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    -Randy



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