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http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/ The utopia at the end of history will be... awkward at best. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28280 monocrat Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:59:21 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28280 I honestly hope I was reading Tyler correctly, Admiral. And, Slade, I'm still thinking of an appropriate response to your question. I honestly hope I was reading Tyler correctly, Admiral. And, Slade, I’m still thinking of an appropriate response to your question.

]]> http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28238 Admiral Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:36:26 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28238 Does Tyler really say all that? I'm surprised. Hoping for the triumph of positive liberty seems to be the redoubt of every philosopher who would be king. The underlying thought seems to be that there is a forward prescription for what ails society and-- here it is! DO IT! I' hoping I'm just misunderstanding my good facebook friend Tyler Cowen. Does Tyler really say all that? I’m surprised. Hoping for the triumph of positive liberty seems to be the redoubt of every philosopher who would be king. The underlying thought seems to be that there is a forward prescription for what ails society and– here it is! DO IT! I’ hoping I’m just misunderstanding my good facebook friend Tyler Cowen.

]]> http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28209 slade Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:09:03 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28209 in response to "must one then sell out?" i don't know, i suppose that's my question to you. are those the only two choices libertarians face? in response to “must one then sell out?” i don’t know, i suppose that’s my question to you. are those the only two choices libertarians face?

]]> http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28207 monocrat Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:08:38 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28207 But then, if one can't sell common sense, must one then sell out? Mind you, I'm not against all compromise, as I wrote. Sometimes principles conflict, and one must make a choice, a trade-off in the hideous parlance of the economics field, or what I think of as a principled compromise. But then, if one can’t sell common sense, must one then sell out? Mind you, I’m not against all compromise, as I wrote. Sometimes principles conflict, and one must make a choice, a trade-off in the hideous parlance of the economics field, or what I think of as a principled compromise.

]]> http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28190 slade Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:52:44 +0000 http://www.awkwardutopia.com/wordpress/2007/09/the-future-of-libertarianism/#comment-28190 it's funny. you worry that acquiescence will render libertarianism irrelevant... i feel like its uncompromising nature already has. however reasonable your positions may be, will you ever get anywhere in a system where you can't sell common sense? it’s funny. you worry that acquiescence will render libertarianism irrelevant… i feel like its uncompromising nature already has. however reasonable your positions may be, will you ever get anywhere in a system where you can’t sell common sense?

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