Comments on: Memo To Libertarians: There Was No Golden Age Of Liberty http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/04/07/memo-to-libertarians-there-was-no-golden-age-of-liberty/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Trey Historical http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/04/07/memo-to-libertarians-there-was-no-golden-age-of-liberty/#comment-72077 Trey Historical Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:30:20 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7657#comment-72077 For example, in the 1950s, ground nuclear testing was causing lethal radiation exposure to humans. Trey Historical

]]> By: The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Peak Liberty http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/04/07/memo-to-libertarians-there-was-no-golden-age-of-liberty/#comment-71682 The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Peak Liberty Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:17:52 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7657#comment-71682 [...] Akston: Granted there are manifold reasons to appreciate the present. Indoor plumbing, the absence of polio, and… [...]

]]> By: Akston http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/04/07/memo-to-libertarians-there-was-no-golden-age-of-liberty/#comment-71679 Akston Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:24:19 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7657#comment-71679 Granted there are manifold reasons to appreciate the present. Indoor plumbing, the absence of polio, and fewer codified infringements of natural rights based on complexion and gender are just the beginning. I’ll sing that verse of Kumbaya.

Is that the main thrust of the post? Or are we apologizing for the currently increasing abuses and begging for the chains to rest lightly upon us?

Shall we respond to the currently increasing abuses by idolizing a more recent past, rather than a more distant past?

I’ll grant that “the perfect is the enemy of the good”…after we define “good.”

]]> By: There’s no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/04/07/memo-to-libertarians-there-was-no-golden-age-of-liberty/#comment-71667 There’s no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7657#comment-71667 [...] Yes, it's that dumb. But some people love it! [...]

]]> By: Brad Warbiany http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/04/07/memo-to-libertarians-there-was-no-golden-age-of-liberty/#comment-71659 Brad Warbiany Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:35:40 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7657#comment-71659 I touched on some of the same issues in my 2005 essay Peak Liberty. I.e. as we’ve begun to see more and more parity between ethnic/social groups in the amount of liberty enjoyed, the actual level at which that parity maxes out has decreased.

I.e. 1787 was a pretty free place for a landowning white male; not so much for blacks or women. Today there is a much smaller difference between the freedom a white male enjoys compared to minorities or females, but the actual level of freedom enjoyed is less than he had in 1787 — and decreasing with every new government edict and program (individual mandate, anyone?).

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