Almost none of them say ANYTHING about optimism, much less about how specifically to achieve the changes we want.

I’m an optimistic libertarian. I enjoy reading left, right, center, and libertarian writings. I like thinking of ways to solve things (while making money).

The rationales I see here for libertarian cheerieness would depress me if I believed them. I should be cheery because conservatives have a twinge when they vote for Bush, or because conservatives play dirtier than liberals? Please! Stop salivating; Pavlov’s left the building. I should be cheery because I believe that people are basically good and don’t need oversight? Then why do the people we have keep on setting up horrible oversight?

There’s a much better reason to be cheerful — it’s because we’re working for change, and we know what we’re doing. I believe most of us know what we’re doing, but most of us aren’t doing anything.

So hop to it! Make those changes! And stop whining, for heaven’s sake. It’s not a political failure; it’s a business opportunity!!!!

-Billy

If you constantly think the country is in decline, or the Big Bad Scaries are coming, or people are just waiting to rip each other apart, you almost have to be for a big stompy-foot government to keep things in line.