[extropy-chat] Why I am No Longer a Libertarian Either...

[Mike Lorrey]

--- The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- Dan Clemmensen <dgc at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > Challenge to Avantguardian: Is there anything
> > society can or should do 
> > to mitigate the obstacles facing people who don't
> > have the right 
> > qualities to succeed?
> 
>      Well that depends a lot on what you mean by
> mitigation. If you mean mitigation by lowering the bar
> then I am against that and would not suggest any means
> of doing it. If you mean mitigation to making the
> whole process as fair as possible, regardless of race,
> creed, national origin, or, in the case of mixed-race
> individuals, the lack thereof, then I am all in favor
> of it. So in the spirit of friendly brainstorming,
> here they are:
> 
> 1. Eliminate all references to race on all government
> and/or employment related application forms except for
> those of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Yes. On census forms, wrt race, I always answer 'human'.

> 
> 2. Scrap the public school system beyond 6th grade
> except for trade schools and universities. Instead,
> use the money to GIVE every household with children a
> computer with a DSL connnection and run the schools
> online. This will enable all children to learn at
> their own pace and will be completely color blind as
> you only see people on the internet if they want you
> to. Plus there is no difference in quality of
> education by neighborhood.

Can you imagine the howls from the Socialist Education Association?

> 
> 3. Place a cap on inheritence of capital by any one
> descendent of one home and $1 million in assests,
> liquid or otherwise. If someone can't make it with a
> head start like that, they're a feeb and need to get
> weeded out.  

A problem with that is the inheritance of family businesses. The three
generation rule already weeds out the feebs quite well in this, and,
for instance, many family farms today are worth far more than a
million. A buck ain't worth what it used to be. It won't even buy you a
McDonald's franchise, which even a feeb can make a living with.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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