Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday, and I am quite distraught by this.
Hopefully we can forgive Vonnegut for being a socialist, because beyond that he was a cynic--generally being critical of whoever is in power in a way that any libertarian can be proud of. He said of Bush and Kerry that "these two Nordic, aristocratic multi-millionaires are virtually twins, and as unlike most of the rest of us as a couple of cross-eyed albinos" and that "no matter which one wins, we will have a Skull and Bones President at a time when entire vertebrate species, because of how we have poisoned the topsoil, the waters and the atmosphere, are becoming, hey presto, nothing but skulls and bones."
Anyway, my whole reason for this is that I want to post a link to my favorite Vonnegut short story, Harrison Bergeron, a horrifying look at a society that has become obsessed with equality.
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Ah, I remember reading that for my English class in my freshman year of highschool. Our teachers had us read a number of pro-freedom books, like Anthem and 1984, but unfortunately never actually understood the full implications of liberty themselves.
1984 = evil fascism,
but idyllic socialism = good
*sigh*
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