I was really only exposed to the Rand flavor, and am indebted to Tim Fowler for some clarification on the subject (See Wikipedia on Libertarians and Objectivism). Many Libertarians disown the Ayn "Objectivists", whereas I always thought she was the definition of Libertarian.
In the political spectrum I like libertarian principles in the free speech, free thought arena, but in the environmental sphere where your actions affect others, I'm more in favor of regulation, or other means which can accomplish the same thing. I'm no fan of the welfare state, or big government, but I am also well aware of the shortcomings of unregulated capitalism, something Ayn seemed to think an impossibility. LOL!
You every noticed how guys like Mq will flog the notion that governments can't do anything well, but when faced with Enrons, they just shrug it off and say, well, those where not good people, and REAL capitalism is not like that. What a pile! |
