Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Your read of the Day

Is Tim Worstall.  If he were on this side of The Pond, you might describe the pelt of his Wookie Suit to be exceptionally long and luxuriant:

In the end though, what you’ve really got to remember is that us neoliberals are in fact liberals. In fact, we’re the only people in the political arena who are consistently liberals. On the conservative side there are most certainly those who would regulate which adults you can voluntarily exchange bodily fluids with. Over on the left, socialist and green, side there are most certainly those who would regulate which adults you can voluntarily exchange economic goods with.

We’re the only people who are arguing that who you fuck and who you trade with is no damn business of the State at all. The only people arguing that you’re an adult, you’re a free adult living in a free country and, well, have fun, eh?

You know, liberals arguing for liberty.

Which is why we get such stick from both left and right of course: both groups being insistent that the proles have to be told what to do by the proper, edumacated, enlightened sort of people who make up said lefts and rights.

And we liberals are out there shouting, as we have been for three centuries now, shouting that aristocracies, whether by birth, self-selection or political power, can simply fuck right off out of the lives of free adults.
And lest you think my term "Wookie Suit" is a slur, here's mine:


Mr. Worststall, while inclined to [ahem] adult language, is now a daily read for me.  Should be for you, too, especially if you despair for the chances of the Prisoners Of Mother England, left behind across the sea.

5 comments:

Southern Belle said...

No linky for Tim Worststall?

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...

http://timworstall.com/

But is he a metrocon? Most Brits are by default. Not their fault, but still. A big long libertarian blog but no real standouts for self-defense stuff.

Borepatch said...

Thanks, Belle. Fixed now.

T-Bolt, there's always a difference between Brits and Americans (philosophy-wise). However, on the UK/European spectrum, he's a flaming libertarian.

You know, on MY spectrum, he's perhaps a flaming libertarian ...

Anonymous said...

He's also fairly big into carbon based AGW - or was the last few times I checked. A free market sort of AGW'er but an AGW'er nonetheless.

Borepatch said...

Anon, so is Robert Pielke Jr. and Bjorn Lomborg. They make very good points about mitigation vs. learning to live with things, and focus on opportunity cost.

As long as people are sensible, I don't mind at all.