What does freedom actually mean? Self-indulgent Libertarian hypocrisy knows no bounds
by JEREMY SHERMAN, ALTERNET, at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/27/what-does-freedom-actually-mean-self-indulgent-libertarian-hypocrisy-knows-no-bounds_partner/
"SNIP...........
Libertarians have bought themselves the ultimate freedom, paid in full with a commitment to hypocrisy, the freedom to never have to wonder about or learn from anything ever again, the freedom to feel consistent without having to trouble themselves with the hard question that shows up everywhere since sometimes freedom turns out well and sometimes it turns out badly:
In engineering: There are bolts and there are ball bearings. We bolt some things down and we let other things run free.
Computer engineering: Algorithms are constraints that enable you to input a free range of variables and get reliably constrained results.
Social engineering: We want people to have freedom to do what they want so long as it doesn’t cause more damage than their freedom is worth. Laws, at their best, are constraints that maximize freedom.
.............SNIP"