tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12918438.post4635990885230702801..comments2024-01-05T18:19:00.051-11:00Comments on Star Larvae: Chirality of EthosStar Larvaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07461123659751257133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12918438.post-86741258271832046122010-05-29T01:52:40.999-11:002010-05-29T01:52:40.999-11:00It does get pretty mixed up. Leary himself crosse...It does get pretty mixed up. Leary himself crossed over and promoted capitalism (free enterprise) as a friend of individualism. <br /><br />The Rand Paul flap throws a light on the impossibility of consistent libertarianism. So long as the gov't grants you sanction (via license, certification, corporate charter) to operate a business, there's no clean break between public sector and private sector. <br /><br />I have libertarian leanings, but if my hypothetical enterprise enjoys the tax breaks granted to a business, then the gov't is justified in stipulating that I serve Blacks along with Whites at my lunch counter. <br /><br />The individual and the community necessarily blur into one another, so any ideology based on a clean break between the two must break down.Star Larvaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461123659751257133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12918438.post-89302059816333762592010-05-26T04:16:12.323-11:002010-05-26T04:16:12.323-11:00Interesting point. Some of the reason for this cro...Interesting point. Some of the reason for this crossover undoubtedly is the influence of the "neoconservatives," a term that originally referred to '60s leftists who shifted to a strongly libertarian conservativism during the '70s.<br /><br />I'd argue, though, that the individualism of the conservative free-marketarians is qualitatively very different from that of the hippies and their affiliates like Leary. The main difference is that the '60s version was strongly influenced by Eastern religion/philosophy and thus saw the individual as an expression of a unifying higher reality. I think the present-day libertarian version is rooted in Social Darwinism and thus has an inherent disuniting tendency.Plato's Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14117930674310253768noreply@blogger.com