Government
I think most people know that I am (to corrupt Susan Haack's phrase) a "passionate moderate", especially when it comes to politics. I am a moderate libertarian, but I am damn passionate about it. But lately I've been pondering. You see, I tend to have any sort of large government. My philosophy radically reduced to a one-liner is "That government is best which governs least." But lately I've been worrying about the eventualities of my position.
The way I'm thinking, any sort of Laissez Faire capitalism is bound to end up with the creation of monopolies. By the way, I like to think of Walmart when imagining this. The most ferocious of companies is bound to swallow up all of the other companies now that interstate commerce and information flow have virtually eliminated geographical barriers to expansion. So, basically what I'm starting to think unregulated capitalism ends up being is corporatism. Which leads to my next problem.
I don't like big corporations. Maybe it's the fact that in some distant way I'm related to a guy that created the largest union in all of Ireland, but I'm concerned about workers. Maybe because I'm one of them. For examples, check out Congressman Weiner's website. But that's what you end up with when you don't in some way regulate corporations.
So now what? I don't like government and I don't like corporations. What the hell am I? I would say a rational anarchist, but most anarchists are whiney suburban kids who try to get attention from mommy and daddy by going goth. Aww hell...I just don't know.
The way I'm thinking, any sort of Laissez Faire capitalism is bound to end up with the creation of monopolies. By the way, I like to think of Walmart when imagining this. The most ferocious of companies is bound to swallow up all of the other companies now that interstate commerce and information flow have virtually eliminated geographical barriers to expansion. So, basically what I'm starting to think unregulated capitalism ends up being is corporatism. Which leads to my next problem.
I don't like big corporations. Maybe it's the fact that in some distant way I'm related to a guy that created the largest union in all of Ireland, but I'm concerned about workers. Maybe because I'm one of them. For examples, check out Congressman Weiner's website. But that's what you end up with when you don't in some way regulate corporations.
So now what? I don't like government and I don't like corporations. What the hell am I? I would say a rational anarchist, but most anarchists are whiney suburban kids who try to get attention from mommy and daddy by going goth. Aww hell...I just don't know.
