I love getting together with intelligent, interesting people to discuss weighty topics like, you know, religion, philosophy, science, and so on. Back in the day, the men would gather in the library, light cigars, and the room would fill with smoke. But, being that smoking is not as stylish as in bygone days, the more likely scenario would be outside under a shady tree with lawn chairs and an ice chest full of beer.
My theory of the best libertarian persuasion strategy starts with the famous physician’s oath “First do no harm”
The sound bite goes something like “Before we talk about spending another hundred billion to “solve” Problem X, let’s peel back existing policies that have either caused the problem”. There’s a lot of low hanging fruit to talk about.
I think this would be more useful than trying to hit someone over the head with Rand or Hayek. Let folks see the pattern through endless examples.
My theory of the best libertarian persuasion strategy starts with the famous physician’s oath “First do no harm”
The sound bite goes something like “Before we talk about spending another hundred billion to “solve” Problem X, let’s peel back existing policies that have either caused the problem”. There’s a lot of low hanging fruit to talk about.
I think this would be more useful than trying to hit someone over the head with Rand or Hayek. Let folks see the pattern through endless examples.