Email: shianux[at]gmail[dot]com
I am:
a libertarian of the minarchist stripe. My primary political and economic influences are Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman.
I do not believe:
that governments have any business interfering with private consensual acts between adults
that governments have any business in business
that governments have any right to enforce the particular moralities of specific religions
in institutional religions, as concentrations of power are too easily abused
I believe:
that economic liberty and individual freedoms are two sides of the same coin, and neither can be severed from the other
that governments exists primarily to apply their monopoly over the use of physical force in the enforcement of rules that prohibit duress, coercion and physical violence
that we human beings are all too fallible to entrust with the power to plan or control the lives of others
that a Supreme Being, if he/she/it exists, would be a manifestation of pure Logic, and as such, any system of belief that would require me to suspend my logical faculties deserve no respect
Why I write:
to introduce and acquaint Singaporeans with libertarian ideas
to comment on economic and social policies implemented in Singapore
to provide an alternative perspective on economic and social policies
because I need an outlet for my thoughts, opinions and feelings
