From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Wed May 21 2003 - 02:07:50 MDT
Phil writes
> Actually, it is the choice of the variables to map to
> the dimensions which is important. Nolan saw
> correctly that (1) there could be a fairly clean
> division of state coercion into social vs. economic
> and (2) that this division in fact reflected closely
> the real political divisions, so much so, in fact,
> that he ventured to use the resultant map to make
> predictions as to future trends and possible
> successful strategies. (Note that I am well aware -
> as is David Nolan - that the division between social
> and economic levels of coercion embodies a lot of
> crossover and ambiguity. Not enough to render the
> chart useless, however, by a long shot.)
>
> He could, after all, have used other variables:
> red/blond hair vs. black/brunette, or, race-based, or
> rich vs. poor, but none of these mapped as well to
> anything useful.
>
> Unfortunately, he followed up this tour-de-force with
> the creation of the Libertarian Party, which was
> largely a disaster for the freedom movement, as I and
> many others predicted at the time.
You did? Could you say more about why the Libertarian
Party was/is such a disaster? I did not realize that
this viewpoint existed.
Thanks,
Lee
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