a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment
user-inactivated  ·  2894 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Articulate, intelligent Presidential candidates with a proven track record?

Mmm sort of, not really. I'd take capitalism over socialism every time. That's economics, not morality, though sure yeah they verge on one another. Not that libertarians have all the right economic ideas by any means. The point is you need to separate the two facets of the word.

But really the ethics of individualism are questionable. They fly against nature and the foundation which has gotten us this far. In short, if libertarianism was adopted as a system of belief -- fully, I mean, not just hey let's allow some immigrants -- humanity would destroy itself completely within 500 years. We're currently destroying ourselves now, obviously, and most of that I blame on this modern ethical paradigm. So we'll see.

But then I'm a rampant traditionalist as you know. And cynical, and misanthropic to boot.