Ron Paul talking at Google

I usually don't feel compelled to post about politicians or philosophy. But I came across this compelling video of Ron Paul talking at Google. He's got it pretty close in terms of personal liberty, freedom of the individual, respect for contracts, etc.

There was an undercurrent in this talk, which he touches on once or twice. The belief that free individuals interacting together will produce tremendous wealth and a fair society. Or more, that freedom is progress in human society. So this is kind of thing that the Renaissance thinkers like Voltaire were going towards. Jefferson and those guys were very influenced by those ideas of human freedom and social libertarianism, etc. And they designed the American Constitution with that in mind - and also British rule over them.

And he actually uses historical and structural analysis to make his case. That's really exciting for me, because that's kind of what I've tried to do with my life over the last 2 years. Here's some guy doing exactly the same thing and succeeding based on the message and principles he's using. Pretty interesting.

Posted by Timothy Washington on 2007.10.11 | Original post

#archive #frye #thebox