LaissezFaire

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Perhaps this page should just link to a WikiPedia definition[Laissez-Faire].

It seems to me that the ideas of Laissez Faire and Libertarianism are rather close to those of Meatball...

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I strongly believe Meatball is liberalist--because I am a strong liberalist and I try to push things that way. By push, I mean drag, cudgel, beat, drive, and do anything I can to make that happen. "LaissezFaire as much as possible," perhaps. -- SunirShah

: The cute irony reminds me of the ceo (Herkstrotter) of the oil company where I used to work saying: "we will delegate all management decisions downwards and if anyone resists we will force them to delegate" the irony being that "delegation" was then the banner for the greatest anti-delegation... interference from above in management we'd ever seen. I look forward to being cudgelled into triumph as it were. --ac

Sunir, I am not sure exactly what you mean by liberalist: can you point me to a definition you agree with? --AndrewCates

Locke, Hobbes, etc. The foundation of the Westminster system of government (British). To be more cynical, I find most (net.)libertarians are really about "no one can control me, but I will control you," whereas (qua ControlYourself) I am allergic to power-over relationships. I don't want to be weaker or stronger and I don't want you to be weaker or stronger, since power differentials cause needless conflicts and friction and problems. -- SunirShah

: Isn't that the idea of "peers"? PeerReview and perhaps PeerControl?? And PeerPrivilege, and PeerPressure, and PeerToPeer.

: most (net.)libertarians seem to want to opt out of humanity and go live in the woods somewhere. good luck to them.