tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post8491227893190481492..comments2024-03-28T07:08:58.221-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: Punks Deferred, Conflicts Defused, Circles SquaredTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-50852257000831983662009-04-22T11:39:00.000-04:002009-04-22T11:39:00.000-04:00Moving on to discuss animals, nerds, and rockers f...Moving on to discuss animals, nerds, and rockers for the next couple months, but you’ll find a last-for-now batch of libertarian links in my 4/22 entry:<br><br><a href="../../22/liberty-and-tyranny-and-me-plus-sprite-and-bo/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://toddseavey.com/2009/04/22/liberty-and-tyranny-and-me-plus-sprite-and-bo/</a>Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-83482688500829796492009-04-20T22:02:00.000-04:002009-04-20T22:02:00.000-04:00Happy to debate you (or a person of your choosing)...Happy to debate you (or a person of your choosing) on all of this. (I suggested it already, but here it is again: “Resolved: libertarian governance of the economy is a proven failure.”)<br><br>There are those of us who don’t accept what you’re saying here, and not because we don’t believe in markets or do believe in suffering. It seems to me that you make some objective statements in the above, which it behooves you to support with some evidence. If you’d like, I can write a rebuttal to these, and you can reply.Mitch Goldennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-66996486976231021692009-04-20T10:17:00.000-04:002009-04-20T10:17:00.000-04:00An addendum: as a rule utilitarian, in case I have...An addendum: as a rule utilitarian, in case I haven’t made it clear before, I do see property as a “mere” social construct, albeit a highly useful and therefore legitimate one, lest anyone wonder how I could mention property rights in passing so soon after listing rights-in-general among imaginary metaphysical constructs. Virtually everything’s a social construct — and many of them are indispensable and good. They do not become the proper playthings of government or evidence in favor of “social democracy” simply by being social constructs. But then, countless such details will have to be glossed over here, obviously.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.com