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1997-12-08 - Re: Censorial leftists (Was: Interesting article)

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From: Jon Galt <jongalt@pinn.net>
To: “William H. Geiger III” <whgiii@invweb.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-12-08 02:01:09 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:01:09 +0800

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From: Jon Galt <jongalt@pinn.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:01:09 +0800
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Subject: Re: Censorial leftists (Was: Interesting article)
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On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, William H. Geiger III wrote:

> As I stated in my previous post the Nolan chart is flawed. In it's
> attempts to be "two-dimensional" it artificially separates interdependent
> philosophies. Economic Freedom = Personal Freedom. You can not have one
> without the other. The major failings of the socialist is their
> unwillingness to accept this fact. A free society can not survive under a
> socialist regime any more that a totalitarian society can survive under a
> capitalist one.

I agree with your assessment of the interdependence of economic freedom
and personal freedom.  But the Nolan chart itself is not flawed - the
political belief systems that it describes are flawed.  That is, any
political belief system that advocates different levels of governmental
control for the two - that belief system is flawed.

The Nolan chart does a much better job of describing them than the
traditional left-right spectrum does.  Nor have I seen a better
descriptive device.

Incidentally, here is my score:

Your Personal Self-Government Score is 100%. 
Your Economic Self-Government Score is 100%. 

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Jon Galt
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