Comments on: Libertarianism redux http://cygielski.com/blog/2009/01/25/77/ Adventures in being me Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:50:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Steve http://cygielski.com/blog/2009/01/25/77/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Steve Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:01:04 +0000 http://cygielski.com/blog/?p=77#comment-71 Thanks for the clarification... I think we're on the same terms now. And might I say: wow, I think I just got an education. So yes, I can totally see your point that business can be just as malevolent as government, if not necessarily in the same manner. However I think our point of contention is just where, exactly, the proper balance between those three forces (state, business, and individual) should be. Personally, I don't see all government as bad and all business as good--not even close--because they're both made up of people with flaws. Then again, I could be way off base in my analysis of your analysis. Either way, I still believe that my government has too strong a role in the livelihoods of its people, and I believe more strongly in the positive power of the free market than the positive power of government. Although that's not to say that you didn't force me to look at the issue in a way I hadn't fully before. Suffice to say I appreciate the discourse, though admittedly I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I replied to your comment on my blog. How 'bout this internet, eh? Thanks for the clarification… I think we’re on the same terms now. And might I say: wow, I think I just got an education.

So yes, I can totally see your point that business can be just as malevolent as government, if not necessarily in the same manner. However I think our point of contention is just where, exactly, the proper balance between those three forces (state, business, and individual) should be. Personally, I don’t see all government as bad and all business as good–not even close–because they’re both made up of people with flaws. Then again, I could be way off base in my analysis of your analysis.

Either way, I still believe that my government has too strong a role in the livelihoods of its people, and I believe more strongly in the positive power of the free market than the positive power of government. Although that’s not to say that you didn’t force me to look at the issue in a way I hadn’t fully before.

Suffice to say I appreciate the discourse, though admittedly I wasn’t sure what I was getting into when I replied to your comment on my blog.

How ’bout this internet, eh?

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