04.12.06

Statism vs. Libertarianism

Posted in Science and Technology, Politics and Issues, Culture and Ideas, Business and Economy, Computers and Internet at 11:37 am by Jeff

The immigration debate that is raging across the U.S. right now is leading to the production of some great philosophical discussion. A major component in how people view this debate relates to foundational suppositions regarding the role of government. I appreciate Arnold Kling’s treatment of these issues. Here’s an excerpt:

I do not expect the world to move toward transnational libertarianism in the foreseeable future. Right now, other ideologies predominate. Islamofascism, an ideology of tribal domination, is very prominent. Transnational progressivism, which favors world government and socialism, is the opposite of transnational libertarianism. And then there is statist collectivism, which is far more popular than transnational libertarianism.

I am cautiously hopeful that the trend might be away from statist collectivism and toward transnational libertarianism.

So are you a statist collectivist? A transnational libertarian? An Islamofascist (how cool it would be to actually have an islamofascist reading my blog!)?

Read more and be enlightened: TCS Daily - Tribal Politics

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