Larry Sharpe - Libertarian

[hollodero]

(02-18-2017, 12:23 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: *bump*

For Hollo...

Yeah found it already :)

I'm listening in right now, but I have to fill my nights with different things than US politics for once... I spend too much time on that special hobby of mine as it is, and the libertarian stance isn't really mine. 
Listening in, the first thing I have to say is that I believe in government. And pretty much take the stances Larry Sharpe points out as the common fears. 
What is "scary" for me is not the sense of freedom, but the sense of anarchy. I don't think mankind is noble enough to live in this kind of rule-free freedom. His kind of freedom requires responsibility, he says. Yep, and we're not fit for that kind of rensponsibilty. Society needs certain rules, rules need empowerment, that's how I see it. A laissez faire approach and handling possible "injustices" only as soon as they really appear, some kind of "ad hoc" lawmaking, I don't know, that doesn't seem to be a good, fair idea. Don't see it working. For me this total freedom idea promotes a system designed for the most ruthless and unethical people to become the most successful. In short, I simply am not a libertarian.

And I think there are global topics that require political leadership, like dealing with war and conflicts and terrorism, or climate change, or the Caymans :)

And who would actually build the roads?