Comments on: A New Breed of Democrats http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/10/13/markos-moulitsas/a-new-breed-of-democrats/ Big Ideas for a Better World Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Freedom Democrats http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/10/13/markos-moulitsas/a-new-breed-of-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-5801 Freedom Democrats Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:16:22 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=308#comment-5801 <strong>Libertarian Egalitarianism: Myth or Reality?</strong> Bruce McQuain responds to my post that questioned his earlier statement that libertarianism and egalitarianism are not compatible. All sparked by the discussion on libertarian Democrats from Markos. Got all that? Good. Moving first to his main point: Libertarian Egalitarianism: Myth or Reality?

Bruce McQuain responds to my post that questioned his earlier statement that libertarianism and egalitarianism are not compatible. All sparked by the discussion on libertarian Democrats from Markos. Got all that? Good. Moving first to his main point:

]]> By: A Second Hand Conjecture » Voting As A Commodity http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/10/13/markos-moulitsas/a-new-breed-of-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-5724 A Second Hand Conjecture » Voting As A Commodity Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:41:44 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=308#comment-5724 [...] There is much exortation from Democrats and the Left to join them this November in vanquishing the Republican majority, and from Republicians and the Right for their supporters not to stay home when said vanquishing begins. It occurs to me that what the severely political set is missing about the average voter is that, to these voters, the franchise has a value. If you contemplate a person’s vote as a sort of commodity one that can only be sold in the political market,* you may recognize that in order for someone to part with that vote, their minimum price must be met. [...] [...] There is much exortation from Democrats and the Left to join them this November in vanquishing the Republican majority, and from Republicians and the Right for their supporters not to stay home when said vanquishing begins. It occurs to me that what the severely political set is missing about the average voter is that, to these voters, the franchise has a value. If you contemplate a person’s vote as a sort of commodity one that can only be sold in the political market,* you may recognize that in order for someone to part with that vote, their minimum price must be met. [...]

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