Re: Distribution & Redistribution

From: Michael A. Clem (mac.lpok_at_juno.com)
Date: 11/07/04 

Date: 6 Nov 2004 22:04:52 -0800

Ron Allen <rallen2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<Wt4jd.274032$as2.147683@bignews3.bellsouth.net>...

>
> Ron Allen adds:
> Neal Boortz, the radio libertarian, says that "the
> masses are asses". But, apparently people who are
> like Neal Boortz, who don't like either democracy
> or socialism, believe they are somehow better than
> the masses, better than the people.

The trouble with democracy is what the majority of people decide it
is.
;-)

What's wrong with saying that only I can decide for myself, not for
other, and not by others?

> In other words, Neal Boortz is an élitist, who
> likes to believe that he's a libertarian. It is
> possible for an élitist to believe that élitism is
> quite compatible with libertarianism; but I do not
> buy this nonsense, I do not believe this baloney.
> As I see right-wing libertarians, they are nothing
> more than traditional élitist liberals of the more
> laissez-faire genre.
>
> There is an élitist vision both of liberty and of
> democracy.

There's nothing wrong with "elitism" until said elites initiate force
against others. But maybe we should call a vote just to be sure about
this, eh?

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