Quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [Platt] > >For a projection of where liberals in the U.S. are leading us, take a look > >at the following description of the socialist paradise in Great Briton: > > > >http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_oh_to_be.html
[Ant] > The faults with contemporary British society described in the article you > cite above has little to do with socialism (a la Robert Tressel, the > "Cyclist thinker") rather these criticisms (increasing bureaucracy in > education, the police force etc), are mostly due to British government > policy over the last 27 years which has generally been right-wing (or "new" > right-wing since 1997) following your great hero Milton Friedman as per > Reaganism/Thatcherism (for more details about this right-wing orientated > increase in bureaucracy, see my essay about the UK education system at > robertpirsig.org). At least the American electorate began to turn away from > such folly last November though there's little hope over here to follow suit > with no genuine left-wing party to vote for any longer (at least one with a > reasonable chance of power). >From Wikipedia - "Labour Party (UK) "The Labour Party grew out of the trade union movement and socialist political parties of the 19th century, and continues to describe itself as a party of democratic socialism.[1] Under Tony Blair's leadership, however, the party has adopted a number of Thatcherite policies following its failures in the general elections of 1979, 1983, 1987 and 1992; this has led many observers to describe the Labour Party as social democratic or neo-liberal rather than democratic socialist.[2] Blair himself has described New Labour's political position as a "Third Way"." Call it what you will, it's a disaster. True conservatives want less, not more government bureaucracy. [Ant] > As I mentioned in January, anyone minded as a British anarchist and/or > Californian-orientated Liberal (i.e. of an MOQ bent) really needs to read > Tom Hodgkinson's "How to be Free" to see how a Quality way of life can be > developed in practice. Please see the following link: > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Be-Free-Tom-Hodgkinson/dp/0241143217 Not yet available in the U.S. Amazon.com. For another take on the same subject, check out one of my all time favorites, "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World" by Harry Browne. Best regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
