tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post8114277520029601119..comments2023-12-14T20:02:51.470-06:00Comments on The Heavy Anglophile Orthodox: Guess I’m just a good man. Well, I’m alright.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-29428649796124923432019-01-06T15:24:34.695-06:002019-01-06T15:24:34.695-06:00Thanks for the comment, Einhverfr!
I agree with y...Thanks for the comment, Einhverfr!<br /><br />I agree with you somewhat that there is 'hope' for a libertarian who comes to see that capital is as much a source of coercion in itself as it is something to be freed. <br /><br />But I have a nagging suspicion that the necessary point which has to be stressed is that <i>homo oeconomicus</i> is the wrong model to use for most forms of human behaviour. If libertarians had a deeper understanding of human perversity, they might get to a point where distributist-sounding practices become more attractive.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-23983198601964402232019-01-06T01:37:22.908-06:002019-01-06T01:37:22.908-06:00Libertarianism is interesting. In practice it ten...Libertarianism is interesting. In practice it tends to end up being a dictatorship of capital unless other measures are taken because if the government's one solid responsibility is to enforce contracts, that power difference is fatal.<br /><br />So there is a kind of libertarian who ends up reinventing Distributism and couching that in Libertarian views in order to have the liberty promised. And for these folks cross-pollination of ideas is possible and beneficial.Einhverfrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074593049248408370noreply@blogger.com