"Why I am not a Conservative" or in the Australian context a liberal but not a Liberal:
I’m joining friends who like to talk politics this weekend at the ALS Friedman conference as well as the CIS’s Liberty and Society conference so it’s a weekend where too much freedom is barely enough.
The only downside is the inevitable hectoring to join a new party. Truthfully no party has a monopoly on the freedom vote in this country and I think even those which make the claim most aggressively could re-read the paragraphs in this essay from Hayek quoting Acton as to the risks of making common cause with anyone and everyone to further what you hope will remain the cause of freedom.
Still the young libertarians are always thought provoking and I look forward to the weekend with much pleasure : )
Published on April 04, 2013 14:54