It is well known here that I lean libertarian on just about everything [1], and this is largely due to my opposition to institutionalized theft, unjust violence, unjust coercion, mob rule, arrogance, short-term thinking, greed, and the minding of the business of others. But I am, as always reviewing the various political beliefs one might hold, and so far only three political philosophies seem to hold together:
1. Strict libertarianism, consisting either of an anarcho-capitalist order or a minimal state protecting only life, liberty and property.
2. Strict non-involvement, in which Christians avoid the use of aggression violence, and therefore of state action. This would require that Christians not participate in the government, and leave such things to unbelievers and simply accept the current state of affairs as ‘Gottes Wille’.
3. Theonomy. Like what Gary North advocates.
Nothing else has any sort of consistency, so far as I can see.
[1] With the most notable exception of abortion, which I am firmly opposed to. Both pro-life and pro-death positions on this issue have been characterized as libertarians, Walter Block being a ‘pure libertarian’ who promotes legalizing a woman’s choice to abort, and the pro-life ‘libertarian’ position being represented by Ron Paul. See Jakub Wisniewski’s recent essay in Libertarian Papers, 2:16 (2010), ‘A Critique of Block on Abortion and Child Abandonment‘.
Three Options for a Self-Consistent Political Order
It is well known here that I lean libertarian on just about everything [1], and this is largely due to my opposition to institutionalized theft, unjust violence, unjust coercion, mob rule, arrogance, short-term thinking, greed, and the minding of the business of others. But I am, as always reviewing the various political beliefs one might hold, and so far only three political philosophies seem to hold together:
1. Strict libertarianism, consisting either of an anarcho-capitalist order or a minimal state protecting only life, liberty and property.
2. Strict non-involvement, in which Christians avoid the use of aggression violence, and therefore of state action. This would require that Christians not participate in the government, and leave such things to unbelievers and simply accept the current state of affairs as ‘Gottes Wille’.
3. Theonomy. Like what Gary North advocates.
Nothing else has any sort of consistency, so far as I can see.
[1] With the most notable exception of abortion, which I am firmly opposed to. Both pro-life and pro-death positions on this issue have been characterized as libertarians, Walter Block being a ‘pure libertarian’ who promotes legalizing a woman’s choice to abort, and the pro-life ‘libertarian’ position being represented by Ron Paul. See Jakub Wisniewski’s recent essay in Libertarian Papers, 2:16 (2010), ‘A Critique of Block on Abortion and Child Abandonment‘.
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