1/ #threadstorm
My topic for this threadstorm is the Duties of Lovers of Liberty. My guide in writing this would be the Reading Plan provided by Economic Policy Journal.
1/ #threadstorm
My topic for this threadstorm is the Duties of Lovers of Liberty. My guide in writing this would be the Reading Plan provided by Economic Policy Journal.
2/ #blacklions
I would like to start with Henry Hazlitt’s article, The Task Confronting Libertarians. He identified four primary responsibilities.
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First task: focus on a few critical issues to provide informed answers to show the public that an alternative exists as a replacement for the mainstream solution.
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Lovers of liberty should go beyond generalities and must provide convincing arguments on issues like:
guaranteed incomes
bigger government spending
more laws for so-called consumer protection, and
more
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2nd task: Lovers of liberty must learn to accept the fact that we cannot rely on big corporations to support us in the conflict against government expansionism.
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Hazlitt identifies reasons for the timidity of big businessmen to protest against interventionism: legal threats, fear of prosecution for unfair labor practices, and hostile examination of their income tax returns.
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Third task: Lovers of freedom must maintain their confidence about the great advantages of liberty over policies of coercion.
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The last task seems impossible: Freedom lovers must demand the government provide honest currency.
I think we cannot rely on the government to do that.