>I think it's important to refute ideaologies that give cover to
>reactionary policies like neoclassical economics. If astrology were
>used to defend gutting welfare and the like then it would need
>refuting too.
The most powerful and prominent justifications for gutting welfare were moral - they eroded character, undermined marriage, bred dependency, etc. And fiscal - it cost too much money.
How does an anarchist support welfare, anyway? It's a state program after all.
Doug