Comments on: Liberal vs Conservative? Christ! Oops.

By: Noel

Noel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:16:47 +0000

Hello,
This is a great article, I have been pondering the same questions and concerns myself. In light of all the different ‘types’ of libertarianism, why don’t we instead focus on the true original meaning of the word? LIBERTY. Too many other ‘Libertarians’ start to deviate away from the core importance when getting on social and especially, economic issues. What we need is ‘ABSOLUTE LIBERTARIANISM’! the exact and ultimately fundamental necessities of freedom as defined by Americas founding fathers. Every issue can be compared against the constitution. The constitution guarantees all our fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life. If we had a completely independent council of constitutional scholars directly elected by the people who had ultimate analytical privilege and veto power over any motion that breaks the constitution, it would keep government in check (and only allowing them to do the base necessities without any chance for seizing power), and would insure that NO ONE and NOTHING could steal our freedom – ever.

I could elaborate on this very extensively

What do you think???

By: Andrew Schwartz

Andrew Schwartz — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:49:44 +0000

May not be what you’re asking at this point, but I have a suggestion for a name:

Constitutional Libertarianism

It retains the central focus on liberty, but removes the anti-structure connotations of the term “libertarianism.”

By: Michael Strong

Michael Strong — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:09:09 +0000

This is very much what we are trying to do at FLOW, http://www.flowidealism.org. Assistance welcome.

By: Shawn Klein

Shawn Klein — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:32:01 +0000

Sounds like an interesting project.

By: Patrick Stephens

Patrick Stephens — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:40:04 +0000

Thanks for the kind words!

I’m in.