hi, my name is paul i am a liberal, and i believe in

Hi, my name is Paul

I am a Liberal, and I believe in

FUN and “Wimsy”

So much so that I will use Comic Sans to say so

in the classical sense

Be Liberal in what you do; be Libertarian in what you

expect from others:Has the "Liberal Agenda" produced a bad and

unsustainable South African constitution or is Rand Paul simply wrong?

Contents1. A Taxonomy of freedom:

The various isms, individual sovereignty and the Liberal Ideal

2. Taming the Beast3. The Levying of Serfdom4. The Free Rider Problem:

An Ethics for Privilege and understanding of poverty

5. Lunch is as free as everything else in the universe

Do the welfare provisions of the South African Constitution undermine freedom or the economy?

The happy couple, two years on

For her second wedding anniversary Ayn Malema was given a farm in Limpopo

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A Taxonomy of freedom:The various isms, individual sovereignty and the Liberal Ideal

PART 1

The Liberal IdealIs Libertarianism on the right side of the Liberal Ideal?

A Taxonomy of freedom

By liberalism I don’t mean the creed of any party or any century. I mean a generosity of spirit, a tolerance of others, an attempt to comprehend otherness, a commitment to the rule of law, a high ideal of the worth and dignity of man, a repugnance for authoritarianism and a love for freedom – Alan Paton

UtilitarianismThe road to Keynes


Early SocialismWho doesn’t love Bernard Shaw


ProgressivismThe great cop out


Never forget that Roosevelt was a RepublicanJust not the Roosevelt you are thinking about

People all around the world are trapped in circumstances, not of their own making, suffering under the heavy burden of history, but seeking a way out of their particular trap so as to restore their own human dignity and find security in their homes for their families and for the well being, development, and education of their children. They wish for peace. We all wish for peace, a sustainable peace in which justice triumphs and the dignity of humanity is restored, protected and elevated. South Africa has undertaken that journey – Kader Asmal

The Liberal AgendaThe flipside of “Military Intelligence”

The main lesson which the true liberal must learn from the success of the socialists is that it was their courage to be Utopian which gained them the support of the intellectuals and therefore an influence on public opinion which is daily making possible what only recently seemed utterly remote - Hayek


Classical LiberalismNo sovereign individuals who are not constrained by the great judge called history


Neo-FASCISMThe motley crew


Throwing the Tea Party OverboardGetting the “revolution” back onboard


A good outcome does not justify a violation of the person


Taming the BeastAnd I am not talking about my hair

PART 2

Why is it that “tightening the belt” doesn’t produce sustained tax cutsReganomics and Bush Snr

Taming the Beast

“Unfunded mandates” – Regularize themUS healthcare situation and South African post-apartheid paternalism

Taming the Beast

Great union mythAn education, good health and food are better protection than an LRA

Taming the Beast

Dissolution of the MonasteriesBuilding English National Welfare

Taming the Beast

Taming the beast insideWhy we are alturistic

Taming the Beast

The Levying of Serfdom

PART 3

A definition of povertyEconomic agency


Obama said what?And more importantly why is he right, and why is he wrong?


If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.

US Bankruptcy – the linchpin of entrepreneurshipMarket interference of an extreme nature


Did blacks pay tax in apartheidThe Corvee problem


Government stupidity taxes the poorOpportunity costs

Inconsistency as the great destroyer of freedom


The Free Rider Problem:An Ethics for Privilege and understanding of poverty

PART 4

Rent SeekingThrives in inconsistency

The Free Rider Problem

Lunch is as free as everything else in the universe

CONCLUSION

FREE LUNCHYou are welcome to give lunch away for free.

And that is not a hint

FREEDOM is the ability to choose to give your neighbour a lunch at no cost other than enduring your company and for your neighbour to choose whether to enter into this transaction.

In a civilized society people are free, and encouraged, to be socially minded; but more importantly they are free from government controlling how they contribute towards improving lives.

Lunch is as free as everything else in the universe

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