tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35705301.post215670766533847921..comments2024-03-28T02:31:25.356+00:00Comments on de moribus liberalibus: The defect in defectingDavid Rundlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281990170681280571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35705301.post-13134311098342093902007-01-02T23:03:00.000+00:002007-01-02T23:03:00.000+00:00Happy New Year to you, Tristan! And, of course, we...Happy New Year to you, Tristan! And, of course, we don't have blind trust in the state -- just as we don't in the free market.David Rundlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02281990170681280571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35705301.post-81961773525855206992007-01-02T10:38:00.000+00:002007-01-02T10:38:00.000+00:00On this economic/social liberalism divide nonsense...On this economic/social liberalism divide nonsense:<br /><br />Economic liberalism is /necessary/ for social liberalism, and I believe vice-versa. They are two parts of the whole.<br /><br />Thatcher never implemented a full economically liberal program because she refused to sanction social and political liberalism.<br /><br />Unless of course by social liberalism you mean state intervention in people's lives, a 'we know best' attitude, spending other people's money rather than letting people spend their own money, and state monopolies in the non-natural monopolies of welfare... But that's more akin to socialism than liberalism.<br /><br />Liberalism is about freedom, you need economic freedom as much as you need social freedom to be able to pursue your own life and pursue your own happiness.<br />(and not the socialist myth of freedom from economic life which simply leads to servitude).Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35705301.post-85044493209295788282007-01-02T10:17:00.000+00:002007-01-02T10:17:00.000+00:00Have you read
http://susannelamido.blogspot.com/2...Have you read<br /><br />http://susannelamido.blogspot.com/2006/12/libdems-taking-nose-dive.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35705301.post-83612272348675639242007-01-02T09:13:00.000+00:002007-01-02T09:13:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Aaron Trevenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931664748030936691noreply@blogger.com