I am partial to a libertarian thinking in terms of limiting centralised power but I can’t help but look at a different anthropology and economic thinking that is less inclined to egalitarianism and market fundamentalism. I would not put economics above politics.
I believe Mashele likes Lee Kuan Yew type economic policies because it does “work” in terms of upliftment. It’s a sober acknowledgment of natural hierarchy and in-group preferences being managed by a philosopher king. The problem is that a philosopher king is a rarity that can’t be succeeded with reasonable confidence.
The market is not going to save isolated individuals just like how isolated individuals cannot save themselves from being outvoted by people addicted to tyranny. Critical mass is necessary to insulate people from the harshness of the market and the startup failure rate. Affirmative action is the blunt instrument that is used to make it happen which creates as many problems as it solves.
Much of what you've said remains unclear to me; I think the only thing I do know is that we aren't in agreement when it comes to these questions because we're in different camps ideologically speaking.
And there's nothing wrong with that. I am a free marketeer who deemed it fit to gatekeep our tradition from those who have blurred its meaning.
As I said in the essay, Mashele is entitled to his views, but we must guard against the distortion of liberalism.
I am partial to a libertarian thinking in terms of limiting centralised power but I can’t help but look at a different anthropology and economic thinking that is less inclined to egalitarianism and market fundamentalism. I would not put economics above politics.
I believe Mashele likes Lee Kuan Yew type economic policies because it does “work” in terms of upliftment. It’s a sober acknowledgment of natural hierarchy and in-group preferences being managed by a philosopher king. The problem is that a philosopher king is a rarity that can’t be succeeded with reasonable confidence.
The market is not going to save isolated individuals just like how isolated individuals cannot save themselves from being outvoted by people addicted to tyranny. Critical mass is necessary to insulate people from the harshness of the market and the startup failure rate. Affirmative action is the blunt instrument that is used to make it happen which creates as many problems as it solves.
Much of what you've said remains unclear to me; I think the only thing I do know is that we aren't in agreement when it comes to these questions because we're in different camps ideologically speaking.
And there's nothing wrong with that. I am a free marketeer who deemed it fit to gatekeep our tradition from those who have blurred its meaning.
As I said in the essay, Mashele is entitled to his views, but we must guard against the distortion of liberalism.