tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post549378336941080012..comments2023-08-20T12:13:24.740+01:00Comments on Marmalade Sandwich: Libertarianism and Classical LiberalismYoung Mr. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106889555211376281noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-51750844797905647182009-12-15T23:11:54.738+00:002009-12-15T23:11:54.738+00:00//If you move in LPUK circles, three is a lot of p...//If you move in LPUK circles, three is a lot of people.//<br /><br />LOL, and if you get three libertarians together, they will form four different social groups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-83765034781005366972009-12-04T09:08:17.625+00:002009-12-04T09:08:17.625+00:00There are a lot of anarcho-capitalists?
If you m...<i>There are a lot of anarcho-capitalists? </i><br /><br />If you move in LPUK circles, three is a lot of people.<br /><br />:-)Young Mr. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106889555211376281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-51589668407543523312009-12-02T10:11:16.315+00:002009-12-02T10:11:16.315+00:00"The result is that a lot of anarcho-capitali..."The result is that a lot of anarcho-capitalists will join the party enthusiastically, and then become rather disillusioned."<br /><br />There are a lot of anarcho-capitalists? <br /><br /><br />"I'm going to have to get less obsessive about definitions"<br /><br />Indeed you should viz Karl Popper: <br /><br />'Never let yourself be goaded into taking seriously, problems about words and their meanings. What must be taken seriously are questions of fact, and assertions about facts: theories and hypotheses; the problems they solve and the problems they raise... The ad hoc method of dealing with problems of clarity or precision as the need arises might be called dialysis, in order to distinguish it from analysis: from the idea that language analysis as such may solve problems, or create an armory for future use. Dialysis cannot solve problems. It cannot do so any more than definitions or explication or language analysis can: problems can only be solved with the help of new ideas.' <br /><br />Unended Quest, section 7. <br /><br />"I was perusing the same sources a few days ago, trying to work out whether I was really a libertarian or a classical liberal"<br /><br />Rather you should concern yourself with whether your views are right and true or not - the label is merely incidental and can come afterwards.<br /><br />You would all do well to give up this essentialist error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-46259869730762449752009-12-01T00:47:10.755+00:002009-12-01T00:47:10.755+00:00Hmmm....by coincidence, I was perusing the same so...Hmmm....by coincidence, I was perusing the same sources a few days ago, trying to work out whether I was really a libertarian or a classical liberal, and what the main differences actually were.<br /><br />Thanks for the analysis - very er...un-nice! And for the record, I think I'm a classical liberal rather than a libertarian, although I will definitely be voting for LPUK (the only other party I'd consider voting for is UKIP).Rob Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894279225955042706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-52007882477200625982009-11-30T17:20:48.778+00:002009-11-30T17:20:48.778+00:00A nice analysis
Well, I've just looked up ...<i>A nice analysis</i><br /><br />Well, I've just looked up 'nice' in my trusty copy of Chambers 20th Century Dictionary.<br /><br /><b>nice</b><i> nĩs</i>, <i>adj.</i> foolishly simple (<i>obs.</i>)wanton(<i>Shak.</i>): coy (<i>Milt.</i>): over-particular: . . .<br /><br />I kid you not! Talk about confused language. <br /><br />I'm going to have to get less obsessive about definitions. :-)<br /><br />(Thanks for the comment, Ray. Much appreciated. Really.)Young Mr. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106889555211376281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001121738545655196.post-30627938352393586062009-11-30T16:02:24.468+00:002009-11-30T16:02:24.468+00:00A nice analysis, and I agree with all three of you...A nice analysis, and I agree with all three of your numbered conclusions. Especially the reason why AC supporters get disillusioned with the LPUK. There is a similar effect with those who lean a bit towards the top left of that diagram.<br /><br />As for myself, I am idealogically AC in that I think that would be the best basis for a civil society - however from a practical point of view a sudden transition to AC (or perhaps even an AC enclave in a statist world)would not work (i.e. be impractical). So Libertarian minarchism is both the best we can hope for within my lifetime (maybe not even that soon), and/or a staging point towards something more voluntaryist.<br /><br />I am still thinking about it!Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538802307406472626noreply@blogger.com