Oh dear. I was criticising Chris Berg earlier this week for writing vapid papers on blockchain, now he's contributing a vapid, self serving piece on The Conversation:
Are Australians ready to embrace libertarianism?
Everyone agrees that the answer is "no", but I've been torn as to how angry to sound in this post detailing why.
OK, here's the calm response. If you missed it last year, I recommend you look at Will Wilkinson's explanation about why purist libertarianism is a utopian idealistic belief system, and those are not a way to make sound policy.
And here's the angry response:
CHRIS BERG, YOU WERE HAPPY TO BE PART OF A LIBERTARIAN FRIENDLY THINK TANK, NO DOUBT PARTLY
FUNDED IN SECRET BY MINING INTERESTS, THAT HAS AGGRESSIVELY RUN ANTI
CLIMATE SCIENCE PROPAGANDA FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES BECAUSE "OO - ER - WE DON'T
LIKE TAXES." YOU MIGHT NEVER HAVE SULLIED YOURSELF BY SAYING "HA! CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CROCK MADE UP BY CROOKED SCIENTISTS", LIKE YOUR STAGFLATION PREDICTING MATE SINCLAIR DAVIDSON: NO - YOU WERE AN EARLY ADOPTER OF THE DISINGENUOUS "OH, IT'S TOO LATE NOW - NATIONS WILL NEVER AGREE TO LIMIT CO2" WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WATCHING YOUR OWN THINK TANK - AND MATES LIKE DAVIDSON - RUN PROPAGANDA BY CRANKS DIRECTED TO POLITICIANS AND THE PUBLIC TO TRY TO ENSURE NATIONS WOULD FACE INTERNAL OPPOSITION TO EFFECTIVE AND SIMPLE ACTION LIKE A CARBON TAX.
YES, YOU WERE HAPPY TO BE PART OF ACTIVELY POISONING THE WELL OF GOOD POLICY DECISION MAKING.
IT MAY HAVE TAKEN MARXISM TO KILL OFF A 100 MILLION OR SO DURING THE 20TH CENTURY BEFORE ITS BUNCH OF IDEALIST UPTOPIAN ASSHATS WERE COMPLETELY DISCREDITED, BUT HISTORY WILL LIKELY SHOW IT TOOK DUMB ASS, IDEOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED LIBERTARIANS TO FLOOD EVERY COASTAL CITY ON THE PLANET, DISPROPORTIONATELY KILL OFF THE POOR, AND PERMANENTLY DISAPPEAR HUNDREDS OF SPECIES.
YEAH, THANKS, LIBERTARIANS. YOU'RE A BUNCH OF DANGEROUS CRANKS.
THAT'S WHY AUSTRALIA IS NOT "READY TO EMBRACE LIBERTARIANISM".
3 comments:
The IPA have never been libertarian nor is Catallaxy for that matter.
I think SD would still class himself as libertarian, even though the blog itself is all conservatives in comments, and (I guess) "classic liberals" as other post writers. Berg seems to want to wear the libertarian hat with pride, though. As to how libertarian the IPA is - pretty far down that track I reckon.
I don't care how he classifies himself but a libertarian he aint.
The blog was classically liberal under Soony.
It is now classically lazy
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