Tuesday , May 7 2024
Home / Mike Norman Economics / George Monbiot Tweet on Libertarianism

George Monbiot Tweet on Libertarianism

Summary:
I thought it was spot on! The libertarianism that says "I should do what I like, regardless of the impact on others" is the worldview of the toddler. Of someone who has not yet learned that the world doesn't revolve around them.Yet we have elected people with this extreme form of arrested development.Ayn Rand's "philosophy", of which @sajidjavid is a proud disciple, is exactly this: the angry wail of a giant toddler, demanding to have everything, in both fists.

Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important:

This could be interesting, too:

Bill Haskell writes Promoting the General Welfare, The Supreme Court’s Version of Doing So

NewDealdemocrat writes For the second time in three months, the Household jobs Survey was recessionary

Angry Bear writes Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress Brief

Angry Bear writes Western “Values”

 I thought it was spot on! 


The libertarianism that says "I should do what I like, regardless of the impact on others" is the worldview of the toddler. Of someone who has not yet learned that the world doesn't revolve around them.

Yet we have elected people with this extreme form of arrested development.


Ayn Rand's "philosophy", of which @sajidjavid is a proud disciple, is exactly this: the angry wail of a giant toddler, demanding to have everything, in both fists.

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *