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.

Comments

[GILMORE]

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!"

[SIV]

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?

[Fatty Bolger]

That shirt makes no sense on Nick. Unless.... naw.

[R C Dean]

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.