Re:How Peter Thiel’s Palantir helped expand the NSA’s global...
by crazy1van on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:11PM
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> ...I never know what Americans mean when they use the term libertarian with a small L.
Economist Arnold Kling has an interesting model called the three-axis model for libertarianism as well as conservatism and progressivism.
It contends that libertarians view the world on a freedom / coercion axis, progressives view the world on an oppressor / oppressed axis, and conservatives view the world on a civilization / barbarism axis.
For example, to take the immigration issue:
Libertarians - People should have the freedom to cross borders when they please.
Progressives - Immigrants regardless of legal status are being taken advantage of and should be protected.
Conservatives - The rules that restrict immigration should be enforced and those that violate them should be punished.
Economist Arnold Kling has an interesting model called the three-axis model for libertarianism as well as conservatism and progressivism.
It contends that libertarians view the world on a freedom / coercion axis, progressives view the world on an oppressor / oppressed axis, and conservatives view the world on a civilization / barbarism axis.
For example, to take the immigration issue:
Libertarians - People should have the freedom to cross borders when they please.
Progressives - Immigrants regardless of legal status are being taken advantage of and should be protected.
Conservatives - The rules that restrict immigration should be enforced and those that violate them should be punished.