@kdfrawg
Red headed Stranger is one of my absolutes favourites.
// @jextxadore
@jextxadore
Saved me having to point that out. Thanks. And yes, a good read.
// @matigo
@phoneboy Those are important questions, I agree, to do with the form of government and how policy decisions are taken.
I too am generally in favour of less government, and certainly less of goverment that is peculiarly beholden to moneyed interests.
@matigo No. I'm saying that the party does not understand what a society is. A society -- underpinned by a social contract -- is a deal wherein some individuals give up specific goods in order to support other members of the society.
To use Dave's example, why are private prisons a good idea? If society wishes to remove certain people from its midst, it should be prepared to shoulder the cost without enriching others who have no incentive to reduce the number of inmantes they are looking after.
@matigo Your guess is as good as mine. Fixed now [10centuries.org].
I blame both my own creeping senility and the clunky software I have to use. : P
#DDP-103 Being a very belated response to someone falling out of love with libertarianism [evilgeniuschronicles.org] and an admission that I will not be taking part in Dog Days of Podcasting this year.