Tony Woodlief quotes Murray Rothbard:
“Most classical liberal or laissez-faire activists have adopted, perhaps without much thoughtful consideration, a simple strategy that we may call ‘educationism.’ Roughly: We have arrived at the truth, but most people are still deluded believers in error; therefore, we must educate these people – via lectures, discussions, books, pamphlets, newspapers, or whatever – until they become converted to the correct point of view.”
They both apparently think this is pointless, and what libertarians ought to be doing is whatever it takes to get elected. But Woodlief, seemingly unaware of the irony, goes on Continue reading