Cass Sunstein, Obama admin regulatory czar and longtime Obama advisor, is one of the scariest men alive — and not least because he has the Orwellian gall to claim that his brand of uber-statism is actually … gak! … libertarian. Jim Bovard kicks Sunstein’s backside.
The Sunsteinian doctrine in a nutshell: All rights come from government, and your right to free speech or self-defense is no more fundamental than some other guy’s “right” to a cushy job, a comfy house, guaranteed medical care, etc. On the contrary …
Hello Claire. Your brief report here reminded me of an article that I noticed when I was researching the current President’s choices for his cabinet- specifically, Cass Sunstein and another fellow whose name escapes me right now. It might be of interest to you.
http://www.economist.com/node/6772346?story_id=6772346
Looking again today at this sssslithery and sssssnakelike ‘soft paternalism’, I poked around and found this lovely piece:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=615562