tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post4880689045485097357..comments2023-10-15T08:40:12.715-05:00Comments on Interdisciplinary World: Libertarian LeftTroy Camplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-64334204890456366012011-02-15T11:00:36.395-06:002011-02-15T11:00:36.395-06:00Thanks, Fred. I think it's a distinction which...Thanks, Fred. I think it's a distinction which needs to be made over and over until it begins to sink in for most people.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-50377489344485745422011-02-14T23:25:34.885-06:002011-02-14T23:25:34.885-06:00As clear an analysis as I have seen for a long tim...As clear an analysis as I have seen for a long time. I love the way you play with the distinction between market and business--like Swift's between the Church and Christianity....Frederick Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13099758297292556680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-24150804386025653292011-02-13T23:33:12.264-06:002011-02-13T23:33:12.264-06:00"Thinker" -- I like that one. :-)
Choms..."Thinker" -- I like that one. :-)<br /><br />Chomsky's about as libertarian as Ron Paul is a Marxist. There are unfortunately too many who call themselves libertarians who are conspiracy theorists, like Chomsky, though. Conspiracy theorists believe that the world is ordered by someone, and would be chaotic without those orderers. They believe the same thing as do socialists, only they think it's already happening, while the socialists want it to happen. Their objection, then, is to who the secret orderers are. We see the same kind of paranoia on the left among feminists who think there is a conspiracy among men to oppress women, socialists who think the world is controlled by capitalists, etc.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-85860916018557005392011-02-13T19:00:33.545-06:002011-02-13T19:00:33.545-06:00Troy,
This is a very nice article. It gets to a m...Troy,<br /><br />This is a very nice article. It gets to a matter that is central to the poor discourse in the U.S.: categorization.<br /><br />I like being able to categorize because it helps my thinking. As you point out, though, most people categorize and then stop thinking.<br /><br />Truly, if people ask me my leanings in the future, I will say "thinker" and then let them stew about that.<br /><br />Also, Chomsky calls himself a libertarian leftist, and claims that Adam Smith and similar folks were too. Apparently, this means that they want some benevolent tyrant to free them from the economic machine. Or something. Ever heard that one, or know what that story is? Beyond Chomsky not reading Smith, I don't know what to make of it.Prof Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539902592080231165noreply@blogger.com