I originally posted this at my own place, but I’m putting it up here as well. The point of it is not to deny that our society has in many ways moved in the wrong direction, and that some have actively conspired to move it in that direction. I would, however, say that the culprits aren’t the Frankfurt School, but rather the likes of the Fabians. Over at the Orphans of Liberty, James…
Over the past couple of years I have noticed a number of libertarians changing their political outlook and instead of identifying themselves as libertarians they now see themselves as anarchists. The argument tends to run along these lines – the state is a problem at the very least, and libertarians want people to be freer. So why not go the whole hog and advocate the abolition of the state and…
I don’t want to spend too long rehearsing the cliches about what a year the Liberal Democrats have had, but it is save to say that their fortunes over the past 12 months or so have been mercurial. This time last year, Cleggmania was at the beginning of the end, but on the plus side the party was in power and had a referndum on AV to look forward to.…
The furore and the kerfuffle over the (hastily withdrawn) plans to let the rich buy extra university places has left a bad taste in my mouth. Not because I’m opposed to the plans, nor because I’m well up for them, but rather because the tone and content of the debate has been, as seems to be the case with almost every “debate” in modern politics, grossly simplified and completely out-of-touch…
For me, the Libertarian party of the UK has failed. It has little to do with the recent infighting – for anyone interested, my reasoning can be found here and here. Part of the problem, of course, is the inherent bias in British politics against small/new parties. After all, UKIP are still trying to win representation in the House of Commons despite years of campaigning, and after two decades years…
As the AV referendum campaign grinds on producing "debates" that scale new heights of tedium, I reckon we are going to hear even more talk of democracy. The opposing campaigns will tell you that their preferred voting system is better for democracy and that what they propose is more democratic. Of course, such comments miss the salient question of whether democracy is an end in itself or simply a means…
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