Re: More conservative Rock-and-Roll stars

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, March 11, 2004 at 12:19:50 (-0800) Devine, James writes:
>...
>Bill writes;
>Chomsky says he's more or less "libertarian socialist".  I think
>Dave has in mind only "libertarian corporatists".
>
>I think that Dave has a point though. What's commonly called
>"libertarianism" (the belief that the only major role that the
>government should play is the protection of the property rights) is
>very popular ...

Well, I think this point is extremely shallow.  If the only role
government played was "protection of property", we'd still be living
in caves --- perhaps well-protected caves, but caves nonetheless.  Our
corporate world is built on a bedrock of protection (the
government-provided "legal fiction" of the corporate form being but
one), creation of public goods, etc., without which we'd be living in
a warlord society.


Bill