tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post3580279158532668576..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Milton Friedman on drugsPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-68980026467001347132007-04-30T00:22:00.000+01:002007-04-30T00:22:00.000+01:00I approached libertarianism from a standard Conser...I approached libertarianism from a standard Conservative background. That Margaret Thatcher's election was the first significant event in UK politics whose ramifications I fully understood might have had something to do with this. I think it's inarguable that libertarianism as a political standpoint is in general arrived at via much more densely reasoned process than a point on the normal left/right continuum. I'm not saying that libertarians are necessarily more intelligent than the norm (although they certainly tend to be), but that dogma is much more closely examined and rejected if found to be wanting. I'm surprised there aren't more scientists and engineers in the libertarian camp because ratiocination and a willingness to overturn dogma are prized in those professions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com