Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Do We Have More to Fear From an Unrestrained Majority or Narrow Special Interests?
Welcome to Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch. They are the authors of the book, The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America, coming out in paperback with a new foreword covering Occupy Wall Street and more, on June 26.
In this video, they answer the question:
"Do we have more to fear from an unrestrained majority or narrow special interests?" - Sent by Veronique de Rugy
Produced by Meredith Bragg, Jim Epstein, Josh Swain, and Tracy Oppenheimer with help from Katie Hooks.
To watch answers from 2011's Ask a Libertarian series, go here.
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Do We Have More to Fear From an Unrestrained Majority or Narrow Special Interests?
Libertarian: "The gold standard. Now get off my lawn or I shoot!"
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Veronique de Rugy; a tout, a shill, a plant, feeding a prepared question.
Shouldn't she be working on some 2012 Farm Bill articles and posts?
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That shirt makes no sense on Nick. Unless.... naw.
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Do We Have More to Fear From an Unrestrained Majority or Narrow Special Interests?
One hardly precludes the other.
You're basically asking "should I fear the government, which can act against my interests regardless of whether it is acting at the behest of an unrestrained majority or special interests?"
The answer is yes.
