tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post1233947891761234668..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: Toward a Green-Libertarian Allianced.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-17784214042199151272011-04-17T05:59:38.644-04:002011-04-17T05:59:38.644-04:00There is only one way to prevent a 2 party system ...There is only one way to prevent a 2 party system from reemerging after a third party gets power.<br /><br />We must amend the Constitution for procedures that are more favorable to multi-party democracy.<br /><br />Instant run-off voting is the best bet. It allows people to still vote for the person(unlike proportional representation) and avoids the spoiler effect by letting people rank the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-41044570404900021162009-09-08T19:07:11.681-04:002009-09-08T19:07:11.681-04:00Samuel,
Can we agree that corporate money and spe...Samuel,<br /><br />Can we agree that corporate money and special interest lobbies are the problem? Can we agree that the Republicans and the Democrats have been responsible for deficit spending? Can we agree the market collapse could have been avoided by keeping investment banks from being joined with the mortgage banks?<br /><br />Let's start with our common ground: <br /><br />1. More AnarchyJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500477535693970944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-2061033302936312062009-09-04T12:16:32.203-04:002009-09-04T12:16:32.203-04:00A Green-Libertarian alliance is indeed plausible. ...A Green-Libertarian alliance is indeed plausible. There is such a thing as libertarian environmentalism that sees pollution as a violation of property rights, but any alliance requires agreement on the nature of the problem. I don't know if there is a definitive libertarian position on global warming, but I can anticipate many libertarians being skeptical about the idea, and that would Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-27855076652480870932009-09-03T17:06:54.610-04:002009-09-03T17:06:54.610-04:00Thanks for the info and tips. I just saw your dis...Thanks for the info and tips. I just saw your distributism post at Tete-a-Tete-Tete. Hopefully I'll get a chance to look into it more closely in the near future, especially given the progressive/libertarian synthesis angle.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-50265053941329913122009-09-03T16:35:21.208-04:002009-09-03T16:35:21.208-04:00Honestly, I don't believe it has ever gotten a...Honestly, I don't believe it has ever gotten a foothold in the U.S. - maybe the closest U.S. locality to employ *similar* thinking might be the lovely <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairhope,_Alabama" rel="nofollow">Fairhope, AL</a>. <br /><br />A distributist movement did well for a while, then went belly up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonish,_Nova_Scotia" rel="smijerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565212411446092552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-21655306421324428932009-09-03T15:50:51.148-04:002009-09-03T15:50:51.148-04:00I'm not really familiar with distributionist t...I'm not really familiar with distributionist theory or practice, i.e. Chesterton et al.<br /><br />What would be examples of distributionist policy or policy proposals in the US historical context?d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-59193242273038528052009-09-03T14:20:41.135-04:002009-09-03T14:20:41.135-04:00I think a Distributionist party would appeal might...I think a Distributionist party would appeal mightily to many conservatives and liberals as it devolves power away from the federal government to local powers, but not just political power - also economic power. <br /><br />At some point a Distributionist party could split to make room for cultural conservatives on one side and cultural liberals on the other. <br /><br />But Distributionism may smijerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565212411446092552noreply@blogger.com