[OFB Cafe] PD: Something to Fan the Flames... OFB Endorses Candidates

[Daniel Cassidy]

Hi Fred,

On Feb 1, 2008 4:22 AM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> Daniel Cassidy wrote:
> > Thanks Fred, I agree with you absolutely on every point but have been
> > feeling much too lazy and overworked lately to have these arguments
> > any more :).
>
> I understand......TOO busy to have them as well, and you're not going to
> change the opinion of someone who doesn't have a clue anyway, so why
> bother. ;)

Hehe too true :).

> > FWIW, my vote would be with Ron Paul if I had the choice. Sadly,
> > however, I am stuck in the ever-increasingly authoritarian UK, where
> > any candidate with policies half as sensible as his would be laughed
> > out of the election.
>
> I understand from others in the UK and elsewhere in Europe that is the
> case. As bad as things are here, Europe is MUCH more liberal and illogical.

I'm really not sure I agree here. Sure, liberalism is very strong in
Europe, but when you say liberalism you mean socialism. When Europeans
say liberalism, they mean classical liberalism, which is closer to
what you would call libertarianism, i.e. valuing individual social and
economic freedom. There is a tendency in Europe towards rather large
welfare states, but the bare-faced authoritarianism seen currently in
the UK and US has little parallel in mainland Europe.

Dan.