Don't make Virginia mad
This guy better hope Virginia Postrel doesn't see his argument.
He claims to be a conservative, but he says he doesn't like capitalism.
"We are gloriously 'free to choose'," he says. "But choose what?"
Guess what, bud? You're not a conservative. You're just another whiner who wants people to choose what you want them to choose. That would make you, let's see; yes, a Democrat.
"Efficiency" is not, as he says, an "icon" that must be destroyed. Efficiency is merely the way to get to where you want to go at the least cost. It has nothing to do with the direction you're going; it has only to do with getting there with the least damage to all your other, competing goals.
posted by ColumbusGuy @ 4:28 AM
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I'm not sure you know what conservative means. The long history of the word more often refers to people who know what's good for you and don't believe you should be free to choose anything else. The types who believe in freedom of choice may be called libertarians today, but they used to be called liberals.
Interesting proposition, but not persuasive, as is, anyway. I'm doubtful that conservatives are more likely than liberals to want to restrict others' choices. (Of course at this point in the conversation, "conservative" has devolved to a subset, social conservative.)
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