posted on 25/6/2020 13:56"a higher rather than lower level of governmental control over the individual citizen" = the libertarian continuum - Gramsci.
I imagine most people, let alone Labour members, believe something fairly close to:
we should be sufficiently free to act in a way that may affect ourselves, even adversely, but that a democatic state should intervene with laws and regulations when the individual's actions impinge negatively on the wellbeing or opportunity granted to all, or other, citizens.
You and I might even agree on the above.
But it is very general indeed. Which makes it all the more useful to make more granular by use of examples. This is what we are doing.
You said this was in the context of the pandemic and government's actions - you introduced this to the discussion
You said your idea was that the lockdown had been too restrictive in some way,
I said I was happy with the measures
I am interested, as are other readers I am sure, as to which measures you did not like and why.
So tell us.
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
we should be sufficiently free to act in a way that may affect ourselves, even adversely, but that a democatic state should intervene with laws and regulations when the individual's actions impinge negatively on the wellbeing or opportunity granted to all, or other, citizens.
You and I might even agree on the above.
But it is very general indeed. Which makes it all the more useful to make more granular by use of examples. This is what we are doing.
You said this was in the context of the pandemic and government's actions - you introduced this to the discussion
You said your idea was that the lockdown had been too restrictive in some way,
I said I was happy with the measures
I am interested, as are other readers I am sure, as to which measures you did not like and why.
So tell us.
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
- "Labour is ideologically at ease with the state control that the emergency has ushered in." - bitterblue 24/6 21:40 (read 17306 times, 16 posts in thread)
- What does "state control of the individual" mean? - Gramsci. 24/6 22:57 (read 17760 times)
- in the context of the article - bitterblue 25/6 07:28 (read 17645 times)
- And your view? The restrictions that we were under in April and May - Gramsci. 25/6 08:09 (read 18158 times)
- Hard cases make bad law, as the saying goes - bitterblue 25/6 08:36 (read 17815 times)
- I am assuming that the Telegraph article you mentioned at the start is topical/about lockdown etc - Gramsci. 25/6 09:03 (read 18256 times)
- The reference I made to extreme examples - bitterblue 25/6 09:18 (read 18265 times)
- Which aspects of the lockdown were too severe for you? Nt - Gramsci. 25/6 10:09 (read 18356 times)
- Quelle surprise! - bitterblue 25/6 10:47 (read 18017 times)
- I thought we were comparing our appetite for libertarianism. So - Gramsci. 25/6 11:29 (read 18245 times)
- You misunderstand my initial post, - bitterblue 25/6 12:54 (read 17966 times)
- would it be unfair to say... - Nicolae 25/6 14:00 (read 18512 times)
- I don't think you're right there - Gramsci. 25/6 14:25 (read 18223 times)
- (hasty title edit) your post makes sense now ;-) - Nicolae 25/6 14:55 (read 18202 times)
- I don't think you're right there - Gramsci. 25/6 14:25 (read 18223 times)
- "a higher rather than lower level of governmental control over the individual citizen" = the libertarian continuum - Gramsci. 25/6 13:56 (read 17697 times)
- <tumbleweed> from bitterblue - Gramsci. 26/6 19:07 (read 16936 times)
- would it be unfair to say... - Nicolae 25/6 14:00 (read 18512 times)
- You misunderstand my initial post, - bitterblue 25/6 12:54 (read 17966 times)
- I thought we were comparing our appetite for libertarianism. So - Gramsci. 25/6 11:29 (read 18245 times)
- Quelle surprise! - bitterblue 25/6 10:47 (read 18017 times)
- Which aspects of the lockdown were too severe for you? Nt - Gramsci. 25/6 10:09 (read 18356 times)
- The reference I made to extreme examples - bitterblue 25/6 09:18 (read 18265 times)
- I am assuming that the Telegraph article you mentioned at the start is topical/about lockdown etc - Gramsci. 25/6 09:03 (read 18256 times)
- Hard cases make bad law, as the saying goes - bitterblue 25/6 08:36 (read 17815 times)
- And your view? The restrictions that we were under in April and May - Gramsci. 25/6 08:09 (read 18158 times)
- in the context of the article - bitterblue 25/6 07:28 (read 17645 times)
- What does "state control of the individual" mean? - Gramsci. 24/6 22:57 (read 17760 times)
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