Talking Libertarianism

[anon71262119]

The EconTalk podcast was interesting, Polo. Thanks. Enjoyed the history related to Friedman, Greenspan, etc…

@Basement_Gainz

I don’t like her either man. You seem to be personally injured by me some how, or agitated at least, I’m not sure why. The “hate on” comment was meant in jest and not a legit troll attempt.

As posted in the other thread she expresses no new ideas (rational self interest/the ills of collectivism), and she expresses them poorly compared to other real economists and philosophers.

Smith, Fetter, Hayek, Mises, Friedman, Sowell, Rothbard etc… all had a far greater influence on the Austrian/Libertarian school of economics that Reagan and his cabinet believed in.

We don’t need to go back and forth on this, I personally don’t think she is important. Certainly not to the level you’ve elevated her to (you mentioned Aristotle and Plato in your last post). Don’t put Rand in the same post as them FFS, even if it’s a metaphor.

As for civic duty vs civil service… again: Who cares? Motivations are unimportant, outcomes are. The important thing is that we have teachers, cops, firefighters, warriors, postmen etc… It doesn’t matter what political, social and economic forces drove people to those careers.

@Basement_Gainz. That thread has really moved on, but I wanted to say. This was a good comment. I’m pretty sure most of @zecarlo 's ire was aimed at me. That’s cool. I’m used to not being the smartest person in the room. I like her novels, and I’m cool with having dreadful taste in books. If you ever want some recommendations for some dreadful literature, I can set you up with some really trashy romance novels. No problem.

@countingbeans

I never read the books, or heard of her until my “transition” to the right bubble. (Which was more me being booted from the left, because you know, straight white male and all that.)

That said, I have zero plans to read her books, lol.

You need to be at least a level TEN Deplorable to like Ayn Rand, Beans. I estimate that you’re only about a level three, so they probably aren’t for you. Ha! Also, it’s helpful to have crap taste in books, and know jack about philosophy. Fortunately, I meet all of the above criteria. Seriously, there are a lot of good books out there, @countingbeans, and we all like different things. I got @Drew1411 to read Atlas last year on his vacation, which was cool. My kid read Anthem as required reading in high school, so that was also fun for me. I like it when people I like will talk books with me.