2 September

I once suggested that we get ‘Nanny States’ when we act like children. In a similar vein, libertarianism is a set of desires and beliefs that see institutions, like government or the law, as restricting individual freedom. What I find ironic about libertarianism is that it creates the thing it dreads the most. By acting purely out of self-interest, and making the individual the centre of the universe, it causes the social chaos that then creates States and their laws, to try to mend the chaos. That’s what karma is. Reality will make you live the consequences of your desires and beliefs.