Comments on: The Cultural Contradictions of Statism http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/ Scott Horton\'s Blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MikeL http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/comment-page-1/#comment-36503 MikeL Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:17:42 +0000 http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/#comment-36503 "They [libertarians] are often great consumers of science fiction, with an avid interest in space travel. And they have an almost unlimited enthusiasm for biotechnology, especially for advances that might allow us to manipulate our natures and extend our lives. Taken together, these elements constitute what might be called the libertarian dream--the dream of shaping your own meaning, liberated from family, from the past, from tradition, from biology, and perhaps even from the earth itself." If anyone is still on this thread, what the hell did Hymovitz mean by this comment about space and stuff? I'm new to this libertarian world, but have yet to come across anyone I would describe as a would-be astronaut in libertarian clothing. “They [libertarians] are often great consumers of science fiction, with an avid interest in space travel. And they have an almost unlimited enthusiasm for biotechnology, especially for advances that might allow us to manipulate our natures and extend our lives. Taken together, these elements constitute what might be called the libertarian dream–the dream of shaping your own meaning, liberated from family, from the past, from tradition, from biology, and perhaps even from the earth itself.”

If anyone is still on this thread, what the hell did Hymovitz mean by this comment about space and stuff? I’m new to this libertarian world, but have yet to come across anyone I would describe as a would-be astronaut in libertarian clothing.

]]> By: Mace Price http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/comment-page-1/#comment-35808 Mace Price Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:04:20 +0000 http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/#comment-35808 ...Anthony Gergory's argument is in effect this: If Stalin contended that "...a single death is a tragedy, but a million is a statistic." Then the functionaries of the present State and its War Policy are following suit...and in doing so have long since abandoned any sense of even a basic morality...Another Old Story...Wholesale death and horror inflicted upon the ignorant, the dispossessed and the helpless...As always in the name and the auspices of Democracy and Freedom. …Anthony Gergory’s argument is in effect this: If Stalin contended that “…a single death is a tragedy, but a million is a statistic.” Then the functionaries of the present State and its War Policy are following suit…and in doing so have long since abandoned any sense of even a basic morality…Another Old Story…Wholesale death and horror inflicted upon the ignorant, the dispossessed and the helpless…As always in the name and the auspices of Democracy and Freedom.

]]> By: Mace Price http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/comment-page-1/#comment-35739 Mace Price Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:03:03 +0000 http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/#comment-35739 ...No …No

]]> By: Scott http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/comment-page-1/#comment-35732 Scott Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:50:48 +0000 http://thestressblog.com/2007/09/19/the-cultural-contradictions-of-statism/#comment-35732 This is too long for ya'll to read or what?</p> This is too long for ya’ll to read or what?

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