On reading Children’s Pranks Censored and PBS Under Fire, I said:
“Conservative Republicans the nation over have the gall to complain that their opposition wants bigger government.”
To which John replied:
“Big government in your private life, or controlling the media = good
“Big government interfering with the making of profit = bad
“It’s the cult of the free market for goods and services – but not information.”
Trust you me, I’m not a fan of burgeoning national bureaucracy either, but let this current incarnation of American government not refer to its own practices as shrinking government when their hands are safely ensconced in the business of the people whose privacy and individuality they purport to support.
Except there is no true free market without the free flow of information. . .
Tell that to conservatives and modern libertarians (moi = classic libertarian) who argue that there is free flow of information. (If free market = O’Reilly, Free Republic and American Spectator, no thanks.) I say it is for those who can easily access it. Still, why do laissez faire folks support the current oligarchy when it is bad even for them in the long run?
I love middle to upper middle to lower upper class folks who think they are uber upper class fat cats. And sure, money trickles down, too. Whatever.