tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538477881080991285.post6211256255467961043..comments2024-03-29T00:39:09.772-04:00Comments on City Father: A "Libertarian Moment"?City Fatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769559147659492086noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538477881080991285.post-69781136637083395482014-08-16T04:47:15.500-04:002014-08-16T04:47:15.500-04:00Father, please help me understand your disdain for...Father, please help me understand your disdain for libertarianism. Your definition of libertarian premises above bears little resemblance to what I know of libertarianism, and I'd like to understand the point of departure. I recognize that you are a trained political scientist (and I've never met a poly-sci guy who didn't despise libertarianism), but I'm more interested in the common thread that I've found among priests who are hostile to libertarianism. Further, what do you mean by "community?" You seem to use it interchangeably with society and government. And finally, when you refer to liberalism, I assume you mean "modern liberalism" rather than the classical liberalism that libertarians identify with. But perhaps you have another usage entirely, I'm trying to understand your view that "[neo-libertarianism] risks sapping the moral concept of community that has long been American political liberalism's greatest strength." I can't reconcile this with the sustained attack, by political liberalism, on the family and the self-organized community that has continued unabated since at least the Great Society. I can only assume that we understand very different things by the words "community", "liberalism," and "libertarianism."Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004656221719826026noreply@blogger.com