http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/thats-exactly-the-point/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/thats-exactly-the-point/#comment-4641 The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » The Tyranny Of The Majority Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:22:02 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/thats-exactly-the-point/#comment-4641 [...] As both Adam and Brad have noted, I stirred up quite a little hornet’s nest with my post earlier today addressing a liberal leftist who didn’t really seem to understand (or respect) libertarian thought. [...] [...] As both Adam and Brad have noted, I stirred up quite a little hornet’s nest with my post earlier today addressing a liberal leftist who didn’t really seem to understand (or respect) libertarian thought. [...]

]]> http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/thats-exactly-the-point/#comment-4632 The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Libertarianism and Democracy Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:28:37 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/thats-exactly-the-point/#comment-4632 [...] Libertarianism isn’t anti-Democracy. In fact, the statement itself is nonsensical. Libertarianism is a moral system, valuing individual liberty as it’s highest ideal. Democracy is a form of government, consisting of majority rule. Or, to make it more plain, liberty is an end, democracy is a means to an end. But unfortunately, it’s not that simple. You hear many quotes from Libertarians deriding democracy. Doug said it yesterday. Thomas Jefferson was the one who said “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” Libertarians are fearful of democracy. If a statement that libertarianism is anti-democratic is nonsense, why do so many libertarians make these types of statements about democracy? [...] [...] Libertarianism isn’t anti-Democracy. In fact, the statement itself is nonsensical. Libertarianism is a moral system, valuing individual liberty as it’s highest ideal. Democracy is a form of government, consisting of majority rule. Or, to make it more plain, liberty is an end, democracy is a means to an end. But unfortunately, it’s not that simple. You hear many quotes from Libertarians deriding democracy. Doug said it yesterday. Thomas Jefferson was the one who said “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” Libertarians are fearful of democracy. If a statement that libertarianism is anti-democratic is nonsense, why do so many libertarians make these types of statements about democracy? [...]

]]> http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/thats-exactly-the-point/#comment-4611 The Mahablog » Another Rightie Who Can’t Read Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:37:49 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/12/19/thats-exactly-the-point/#comment-4611 [...] I noticed this trackback to the last post. It proves my point about the general fuzzy-headedness of the “limited government” argument. Even though I specifically (and clearly, I think) wrote that government must be restricted from abusing civil liberties, the blogger wrote, Does Ms. O’Brien really believe that there shouldn’t be any limits on the will of the people ? If she does, then we’ve got to toss out most of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, because that’s precisely what they do. [...] [...] I noticed this trackback to the last post. It proves my point about the general fuzzy-headedness of the “limited government” argument. Even though I specifically (and clearly, I think) wrote that government must be restricted from abusing civil liberties, the blogger wrote, Does Ms. O’Brien really believe that there shouldn’t be any limits on the will of the people ? If she does, then we’ve got to toss out most of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, because that’s precisely what they do. [...]

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