Ghost of a flea: Libertarianism

March 28, 2005

Libertarianism

Here is a definition of libertarianism I quite like (via the Daily Dish).

"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals -- if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is."
- Ronald Reagan.

This is also the conservatism I would like to find - but do not - in Canada's Conservative party. Or the liberals I would like to find - but do not - in Canada's Liberal party. It seems to me that whether it is the CRTC or the gun registry or somebody else's sex life that Canada's major political parties are interested in getting and keeping power first for themselves and second over other people's choices. I see no major political party in this country whose interest is in ceding its power to inferere let alone promoting individual freedom. What we are presented with instead is a Hobson's choice of busy-bodies.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 28, 2005 09:21 AM

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