‘New York’ Magazine Critique of Libertarianism Has Positive, Unintended Consequences

http://blog.heartland.org/2011/01/new-york-magazine-critique-of-libertarianism-has-positive-unintended-consequences/

That's a good observation — if one puts aside the part that calls the retention of current tax rates a tax cut. But it reveals a misunderstanding about the nature of the liberty sought by libertarians and others on the right: We believe in negative liberty, not positive liberty. Negative liberty is freedom from coercion by other people, whereas positive liberty is freedom from social structures and other limitations of one's station in life. Positive liberty is ironically a pretext for big and oppressive government.

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