Somebody Help Me, I Think I'm Becoming a Libertarian
Carol Lancaster, an associate professor of politics and the director of the Mortara Center for International Studies, thinks she is becomming a Libertarian:
"Ages ago, when I was an undergrad at Georgetown, I was a content, optimistic liberal. Yes, there were lots of terrible problems in the world, but I thought governments could and should help solve them. Libertarians were anarchists in camouflage, for whom governments were the problem, not the solution. The less government, they felt, the better...
One becomes more conservative over time as one observes the limitations of governments and the human beings who populate them. Even with the best intentions, governments are inefficient, bumbling, heavy-handed and sometimes corrupt. Nearly 15 years in public service taught me one important lesson: Most of what goes wrong with government policies is a result of incompetence or bad luck, and not carefully crafted conspiracy or mendacity. So maybe government isn't always part of the solution; sometimes it can be part of the problem, even if it doesn't mean to be...."
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