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Hi , - I describe myself as a "left-libertarian". Like you, I advocate private solutions to the issues I care about, such as environmentalism. However I'm writing with a criticism. We want to win liberals over to a philosophy of privatization, not offend them, do we not? Based on what I've read, your page seems to be dominated by critiques of statism, rather than by promoting privatization solutions to environmental problems. As long as we continue to make our statement in the negative, criticizing the efforts of environmentalists who promote government solutions, we continue to appear as the "enemy" to most people who care about the environment. When we criticize the statist solutions, the question asked by most liberals is "Well, if we aren't going to regulate/use government funding, how are we going to solve the problem?" We need to have answers. That is why I believe we need to focus on presenting solutions: private,
citizens' solutions, and try to draw people in to our ideas, rather than
constantly focussing on our opponents - the statists - and criticising their ideas. As long as we talk about them, we are advertising them. Negative
advertising is still advertising. I believe we need to learn from the example of
Mary Ruwart. www.ruwart.com . Editor's replyThanks for the criticism. It really stung. If that is your perception, we're going wrong big time. iGreens aim to provide examples of private environmentalism doing better than the state. To give ammunition to people like us, who are greeted with incredulity when we say that private systems look after the environment better. Perhaps I'm choosing too many examples of state harm and not enough of private good. However, I think you are a bit harsh. The following all include praise for the private sector.Beaches, record number of clean. Ducks Unlimited - going wrong Gopher tortoise conservation bank German private railways Falling CO2 emissions despite no Kyoto Meanwood beck and the crayfish Salmon conservation in Scotland Southern Africa, private conservation in Shell and Development Projects in Nigeria Masai Mara, private conservancy in Nevertheless your main point is well taken. Government harm is all around us and regularly reported, albeit not usually recognised. The private sector doing good is mostly ignored. Hope you like our new mission statement! The Editor Editor's note - Charlotte publishes a newsletter "The
Left-Libertarian Reader" in Seattle, WA. Its mission is to do just what she
describes . . draw liberals in to our ideas and show them what we're doing
RIGHT! Anyone interested, please email us and we'll send your request on. |
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