Peter1469
02-14-2016, 07:21 AM
IS THERE A LIBERTARIAN CASE FOR BERNIE SANDERS? (https://niskanencenter.org/blog/is-there-a-libertarian-case-for-bernie-sanders/)
An interesting article from the Niskanen Center.
Andrew Kirell of the Daily Beast has asked the question (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/is-there-a-libertarian-case-for-bernie-sanders.html). The answer is actually very easy, but it’s not one I’ve seen anyone give. Yes, there is a libertarian case for Bernie Sanders. Here it is.
According to the libertarian Fraser Institute’s preliminary 2015 Human Freedom Index (https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/human-freedom-index-preliminary-report.pdf), which combines measures of personal, civil, and economic freedoms, here are the top ten freest countries in the world:
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Finland
Denmark
New Zealand
Canada
Australia
Ireland
The United Kingdom
Sweden
The United States—city on a hill, conceived in liberty, beacon of freedom unto the world—ranks a humiliating 20th, just behind the island nation of Mauritius and just ahead of the Czech Republic, which was part of a communist dictatorship when I was in high school. If this is America’s “libertarian moment,” then color me underwhelmed.
The libertarian case for Bernie Sanders is simply that Bernie Sanders wants to make America more like Denmark, Canada, or Sweden … and the citizens of those countries enjoy more liberty than Americans do. No other candidate specifically aims to make the United States more closely resemble a freer country. That’s it. That’s the case.
Is it really that easy? I think so. But perhaps you’re skeptical. Let me explain myself more fully. Join me, won’t you, on a brief philosophical foray.
Find out more. Read the link.
An interesting article from the Niskanen Center.
Andrew Kirell of the Daily Beast has asked the question (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/is-there-a-libertarian-case-for-bernie-sanders.html). The answer is actually very easy, but it’s not one I’ve seen anyone give. Yes, there is a libertarian case for Bernie Sanders. Here it is.
According to the libertarian Fraser Institute’s preliminary 2015 Human Freedom Index (https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/human-freedom-index-preliminary-report.pdf), which combines measures of personal, civil, and economic freedoms, here are the top ten freest countries in the world:
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Finland
Denmark
New Zealand
Canada
Australia
Ireland
The United Kingdom
Sweden
The United States—city on a hill, conceived in liberty, beacon of freedom unto the world—ranks a humiliating 20th, just behind the island nation of Mauritius and just ahead of the Czech Republic, which was part of a communist dictatorship when I was in high school. If this is America’s “libertarian moment,” then color me underwhelmed.
The libertarian case for Bernie Sanders is simply that Bernie Sanders wants to make America more like Denmark, Canada, or Sweden … and the citizens of those countries enjoy more liberty than Americans do. No other candidate specifically aims to make the United States more closely resemble a freer country. That’s it. That’s the case.
Is it really that easy? I think so. But perhaps you’re skeptical. Let me explain myself more fully. Join me, won’t you, on a brief philosophical foray.
Find out more. Read the link.