On May 16, 2008, at 5:15 PM, James Heartfield wrote:
> Negative freedoms at least have the virtue of creating the room for
> you to do what you want to do, whereas 'positive freedoms' seem too
> often to entail the freedom to do what someone else thinks that you
> should do.
Wait a minute. I thought "positive freedoms" were those you could exercise because you're well-nourished, well-housed, and well- educated, and so have a lot more of a chance actually to do something than you would in the libertarian paradise where you're just left alone.
Doug