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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Eli Dourado

      1/ I've read everything written about State Capacity Libertarianism with an open mind ... and I'm not remotely convinced. The core axiom makes sense. "We need government empowered to achieve good liberty-producing things for people". HOWEVER >>>https://twitter.com/elidourado/status/1238097103177551874 …

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      Eli DouradoVerified account @elidourado
      So far the big winner of 2020 is State Capacity Libertarianism. We need a private sector that isn’t hampered by dumb regulations and public sector institutions that are equally effective. @tylercowen published this on Jan 1. Does he have a crystal ball? https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/01/what-libertarianism-has-become-and-will-become-state-capacity-libertarianism.html …
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

      2/ There's a MAJOR hole in the logic/ argument. Premise 1: government does poorly at all sorts of things because it has bad incentives at every level, and has the Principal Agent Problem in spades. Premise 2: good effective government would be better than bad ineffective gov

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

      3/ CONCLUSION: we need to take some of the limits and safeguards off of government, so that it can do more. Then we close our eyes, pray really hard, and hope for the best.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

      4/ Libertarians have been arguing at a META level, about incentives and Hayekian knowledge problems, and irrational voters and bad feedback loops for DECADES. "State Capacity Libertarianism" ... just IGNORES all of that, as far as I can tell. "We want good things to happen"

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

      5/ Were the problems with the CDC and FDA caused because those organizations didn't have enough CAPACITY? Was there some limitation on their legal ability to do things? ...or was the Charlie Foxtrot because of their internal culture of ass-covering, promoting risk-averse etc?

      7:49 AM - 12 Mar 2020
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

          6/ The reason that I have almost entirely checked out of politics over the last decade is that both teams chant about the magic results they want to happen. "Everyone should have great housing and healthcare!" "Everyone should have clean safe communities with no bad ideas!"

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

          7/ 99% of people just chant about what they want to have as a result. I find this entirely tedious. It is interesting to think about incentives and mechanisms. State Capacity Libertarianism discussion is in the 99%. "Everyone should have a well functioning gov that works!"

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

          8/ well, OK, wonderful, guys. well functioning government that does the right and doesn't crush my rights sounds great. but what's your PLAN ? how do you ACHIEVE that ? how does this system resist entryism, regulatory capture, empire builders, and all the rest?

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

          9/ @tylercowen and that crowd are all very smart. So if they have any ideas about the meta level of State Capacity Libertarianism, I'd like to hear them. Until then, SCL object-level ideas are just as boring as object-level normie-con or normie-prog ideas.

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 12 Mar 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dedicating Ruckus

          10/https://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1238130667696734208 …

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          Dedicating Ruckus @ded_ruckus
          Replying to @MorlockP @tylercowen
          problem with meta-level SCL ideas is that any plan that would actually make gov more effective also endangers the sinecures of millions of paper-pushers so any such plan is DOA unless political conditions change on an existential level thus the advocacy is all just wanking
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