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K kahukini Member Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 555	K kahukini Posted posted on Wed, Dec 18, 2002 1:41 PM Libertarianism is the scariest political philosophy to me, because it makes sense to intelligent people. But of course it does! On one libertarian site I visited, one of the features was "see which celebrities are Libertarian!" - well why wouldn't any rich and successful person be libertarian? But we have to think about what it means for government when the people on the top pick the system (rather than using John Rawls theory of justice - ie, in a mind experiment, what society would everyone consent to before they entered the world, if they didn't know what their lot in life would be? - This is what makes Churchill's sentiment that so many share worthless). Libertarians have freedom down pat, but in nixing equality of access and opportunity they will have us living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where if you don't have the muscles, wit, and good looks of Mad Max, you're screwed.

Libertarianism is the scariest political philosophy to me, because it makes sense to intelligent people. But of course it does! On one libertarian site I visited, one of the features was "see which celebrities are Libertarian!" - well why wouldn't any rich and successful person be libertarian? But we have to think about what it means for government when the people on the top pick the system (rather than using John Rawls theory of justice - ie, in a mind experiment, what society would everyone consent to before they entered the world, if they didn't know what their lot in life would be? - This is what makes Churchill's sentiment that so many share worthless). Libertarians have freedom down pat, but in nixing equality of access and opportunity they will have us living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where if you don't have the muscles, wit, and good looks of Mad Max, you're screwed.

Post #16708 by kahukini on Wed, Dec 18, 2002 1:41 PM