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2/26/2006I can think of a better use
Lewis over there at Holden Republic blog is
thinking bicameral thoughts. As a libertarian I think, in general, the less government we have the better! If the power of the state is properly "bridled" there's really bugger all to vote about or politic about. When liberty is law the organisation of parliamentarians and, indeed, sufferage itself becomes a rather inconsequental matter to ponder. If it didn't have OUR rights to scrap over government could form itself into a cheerleader's pyrimid and hold its sessions at the beach- who would care? "..if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of the individual's right to self defense; if law were the obstacle, the check, the punisher of all oppression and plunder -- is it likely that we citizens would then argue much about the extent of the franchise?" - The Law, Frederick Bastiat This is why you don't see libertarians in public law. Bastiat's paragraph supplants anything a university PhD could clutter your brain with.
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I'd say a dislike of more parliamentarians would be one of the main reasons New Zealanders in general would dislike an upper house... inert libertarianism perhaps? P.S> I blog rolled you. :) Weblog Archives |
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