Vince Vaughn Talks Libertarianism With Playboy - Hit & Run : Reason.com - Ed Krayewski:
February 12, 2015 - "If you read Playboy for the articles, the latest issue features an interview with actor Vince Vaughn, someone that people are sometimes surprised is a libertarian, espousing some of his libertarian views.
"Vaughn [talks] about Ron Paul, who 'woke a lot of people up to the fact that government can’t handle everything for you,' his distrust of centralized power, and his preference for a system where people are left alone 'unless they commit fraud or physical force or take someone’s property.' 'So we should have lawyers running the country?' interviewer David Hochman asks in response. Laws, and courts, are important, Vaughn explains, otherwise 'you can’t leave your house, because you have to protect your stuff'....
"Some more excerpts....
"''Let’s say you’re a major corporation, and I’m the politician and I can write laws. I can say which race gets a benefit and which doesn’t. That could get me some votes. Or I write laws that help your business and limit other businesses from being able to compete with you because they can’t survive all the new programs I’m putting in place'....
"'You have to understand that America today is not capitalistic. The problem is corporatism. The government has too much authority, and it’s dangerous. It stifles productivity and freedom and prosperity and peace'....
"'The Patriot Act? Let’s get rid of it. Undeclared wars, doing away with personal liberties — let’s understand how that has worked out historically to see that it has led to some horrible things. Once our personal liberties are gone, when an American citizen can be pulled out of his house and detained for six months without a trial, where is our country? Once those rights are gone, how do you get them back? Once the government is allowed to listen to you, how do you get that privacy back?'"
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/12/vince-vaughn-talks-libertarianism-with-p
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February 12, 2015 - "If you read Playboy for the articles, the latest issue features an interview with actor Vince Vaughn, someone that people are sometimes surprised is a libertarian, espousing some of his libertarian views.
"Vaughn [talks] about Ron Paul, who 'woke a lot of people up to the fact that government can’t handle everything for you,' his distrust of centralized power, and his preference for a system where people are left alone 'unless they commit fraud or physical force or take someone’s property.' 'So we should have lawyers running the country?' interviewer David Hochman asks in response. Laws, and courts, are important, Vaughn explains, otherwise 'you can’t leave your house, because you have to protect your stuff'....
"Some more excerpts....
"''Let’s say you’re a major corporation, and I’m the politician and I can write laws. I can say which race gets a benefit and which doesn’t. That could get me some votes. Or I write laws that help your business and limit other businesses from being able to compete with you because they can’t survive all the new programs I’m putting in place'....
"'You have to understand that America today is not capitalistic. The problem is corporatism. The government has too much authority, and it’s dangerous. It stifles productivity and freedom and prosperity and peace'....
"'The Patriot Act? Let’s get rid of it. Undeclared wars, doing away with personal liberties — let’s understand how that has worked out historically to see that it has led to some horrible things. Once our personal liberties are gone, when an American citizen can be pulled out of his house and detained for six months without a trial, where is our country? Once those rights are gone, how do you get them back? Once the government is allowed to listen to you, how do you get that privacy back?'"
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/12/vince-vaughn-talks-libertarianism-with-p
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