We Need Economists, Civil Libertarians, and Epidemiologists in the COVID-19 Discussion

[KenH]

“COVID-19 is more than the "sniffles"—so far, over a quarter-million people have died globally during the pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. But it's also not the only risk human beings face, even if many policymakers seem consumed with it to the exclusion of all else. There are also the economic repercussions of harsh enforcement of lockdown measures to consider. And we should also include in there the danger to life and liberty inherent in mandated shutdown orders that are enforced by police and jails.

To focus on the virus alone to the exclusion of other threats is to court disaster.“

We Need Economists, Civil Libertarians, and Epidemiologists in the COVID-19 Discussion

 

[church mouse guy]

“COVID-19 is more than the "sniffles"—so far, over a quarter-million people have died globally during the pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. But it's also not the only risk human beings face, even if many policymakers seem consumed with it to the exclusion of all else. There are also the economic repercussions of harsh enforcement of lockdown measures to consider. And we should also include in there the danger to life and liberty inherent in mandated shutdown orders that are enforced by police and jails.

To focus on the virus alone to the exclusion of other threats is to court disaster.“

We Need Economists, Civil Libertarians, and Epidemiologists in the COVID-19 Discussion

The Libertarians never discuss the military threat. We have had all of the groups in the discussion and we have also had military input. Weren't Libertarians globalists before this?

 

[KenH]

Weren't Libertarians

Libertarians are like liberals and conservatives or any other political ideology, there are varieties.

 

[Reynolds]

The Libertarians never discuss the military threat. We have had all of the groups in the discussion and we have also had military input. Weren't Libertarians globalists before this?

Anarchists is how I view them.

 

[KenH]

Anarchists is how I view them.

As a libertarian and a Libertarian Party member, I am as opposed to anarchists as much as I am opposed to statists.

 

[Reynolds]

As a libertarian and a Libertarian Party member, I am as opposed to anarchists as much as I am opposed to statists.

The problem is withhout morality Libertarianism turns to anarchy.

 

[KenH]

The problem is withhout morality Libertarianism turns to anarchy.

I disagree. That’s okay. We all have our own opinions.

 

[timtofly]

I would say anarchist with a purpose are better than a libertarian with morals. A moral minded government even if libertarian are still going to have unnecessary laws.

Protecting the national economy, having common sense laws, even minus strictly moral laws is about all a government is good for. No personal rights. No corporate rights. Definitely no moral rights. People who claim to have rights that go against Biblical morality is the definition of a libertarian. You may deny that yourself as a libertarian, but that is the mindset of the majority of libertarians.

Anarchist normally are not concerned about Biblical morality nor a government creating an undue burden on society. The more a government bends to special interest and the protection of rights, the more they have to exact from the governed.

 

[KenH]

You may deny that yourself as a libertarian

Whatevs, bro. You have a nice evening.