‘Have you heard about the vast Libertarian conspiracy? We’re going to take over the government — and then leave you alone!’
This is the kind of joke that makes me proud to be libertarian, as a lot of the wisest, funniest and best people are these days, from Kelsey Grammer to Clint Eastwood to Trey Parker from South Park.
‘Have you heard about the vast Libertarian conspiracy? We’re going to take over the government — and then leave you alone!’
This is the kind of joke that makes me proud to be libertarian, as a lot of the wisest, funniest and best people are these days, from Kelsey Grammer to Clint Eastwood to Trey Parker from South Park.
The problem is that hardly anyone seems to understand what the ‘l’ word actually means, least of all ‘libertarians’. In Standpoint the other day, for example, there was a letter that began: ‘As a libertarian Conservative I have gone off Katharine Birbalsingh…’ It went on to argue that children shouldn’t be punished for the ‘victimless crime of not doing homework’.
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