tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050750623814231496.post6907013392182061611..comments2023-05-05T11:36:27.988-04:00Comments on The Sage of Mount Airy: Socialism by Any Other NameThe Sage of Mount Airyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08141602249985159716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050750623814231496.post-10407531158817311822012-06-13T14:15:39.700-04:002012-06-13T14:15:39.700-04:00Agreed as well.
I've blogged about this befor...Agreed as well.<br /><br />I've blogged about this before, but one defining aspect of the "common good which is not socialist" is that it occurs naturally, even among, or especially among free men.<br /><br />A lack of faith in free men to freely associate is where, I think, contemporary liberals and libertarians actually reveal their common roots. Liberals fret over this while libertarians don't care (or at least say they don't care.)<br /><br />Conservatives by contrast believe that men are quite naturally social and political. Free men will form communities, i.e., recognize and pursue a common good, on their own, thank you very much, and do not need it imposed upon them from the top down.The Sage of Mount Airyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141602249985159716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050750623814231496.post-65794764522877612002012-06-13T12:59:15.819-04:002012-06-13T12:59:15.819-04:00Agreed. Those who deny the left is fundamentally s...Agreed. Those who deny the left is fundamentally socialist are ignoring the key issue: The socialist identifies the good of society with the good of each individual. One sees this in John Dewey and subsequent liberalism, as clearly as Dewey could get. What libertarians don't get--and maybe Sowell is sensitive on this point--is that there is a common good which is not socialist. It's very difficult for libertarians and others who are economics-centric to explain this.JaffaneseAmericanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010689507885696426noreply@blogger.com