tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post8804016581219563003..comments2024-02-10T20:49:20.762-05:00Comments on bjkeefe: You already knew glibertarians were ludicrous. Now it has been proven, by Science.bjkeefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-66913985329844737312010-09-05T18:08:20.089-04:002010-09-05T18:08:20.089-04:00Huh. I did know that Ridley had that bank failure ...Huh. I did know that Ridley had that bank failure under his watch on his resumé, but I had no idea he was that bad. Many thanks.<br /><br />That George Monbiot, huh? I especially liked this bit from the first link, which at least supports the larger point I was trying to make:<br /><br /><em>The democratic challenge, which becomes ever more complex as the scale of human interactions increases, is to mimic the governance system of the small hominid troop. We need a state that rewards us for cooperating and punishes us for cheating and stealing. At the same time, we must ensure that the state is also treated like a member of the hominid clan and punished when it acts against the common good. Human welfare, just as it was a million years ago, is guaranteed only by mutual scrutiny and regulation.</em><br /><br />Hard to believe that Ridley could have laid out an argument that is so powerful, and as Monbiot observes, comes to such ludicrously wrong conclusions.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-12461585530713636342010-09-05T11:50:59.778-04:002010-09-05T11:50:59.778-04:00You may have missed the part about Matt Ridley bei...You may have missed the part about Matt Ridley being a class-A moron libertarian:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/oct/23/comment.business" rel="nofollow">Governments aren't perfect, but it's the libertarians who bleed us dry</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/31/state-market-nothern-rock-ridley" rel="nofollow">This state-hating free marketeer ignores his own failed experiment</a>claymishernoreply@blogger.com