From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 18:58:33 MST
Rob Bradbury wrote:
> Ok, I'm going to bring up a topic and may get thrown
> back into the dust for doing so but here goes.
>
> Can anyone currently subscribed to the ExI list cite
> an actual example where due to the list discussion they
> "changed" their mind?
Sure. I was all for centralised control of most things when I joined the
list. Now I understand and embrace individualist philosophy, which once upon
a time I did not. I still believe that there is a place for public goods of
many kinds, and for social services, which a pure market approach wont
address. I also am unconvinced that the market is the best way of doing
decentralised organisation (although I don't have a viable alternative, so I
am willing to roll over on that for now).
But a big change for me is to see the proper role of government as service
provider rather than as parent; that the individual should be responsible
for his/her life, not the state. It's a rather profound change in outlook,
and I'd attribute it almost entirely to the influence of the list.
Emlyn
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