Comments on: A Democracy of Dunces http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/peripatetics-a-democracy-of-dunces/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: JPM http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/peripatetics-a-democracy-of-dunces/comment-page-1/#comment-42448 JPM Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:54:43 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/peripatetics-a-democracy-of-dunces/#comment-42448 "the case for liberty must be pressed across the entire cultural front, especially in movies and novels where emotions as well as reason can be appealed to." I wholeheartedly agree. It's shocking to me that a movement that was, if not created, then certainly greatly enlarged, by two works of fiction (Atlas Shrugged and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress) doesn't have more fiction writers. It's clear the emotional appeal has long been missing from the free marketers' arsenal. I've been putting together a list of liberty-focused fiction over at http://www.arsgratialibertatis.com/?page_id=83, but I definitely think this is a conversation that needs to be had: how can we foster more cultural creativity within the laissez faire movement? “the case for liberty must be pressed across the entire cultural front, especially in movies and novels where emotions as well as reason can be appealed to.”

I wholeheartedly agree. It’s shocking to me that a movement that was, if not created, then certainly greatly enlarged, by two works of fiction (Atlas Shrugged and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress) doesn’t have more fiction writers. It’s clear the emotional appeal has long been missing from the free marketers’ arsenal.

I’ve been putting together a list of liberty-focused fiction over at http://www.arsgratialibertatis.com/?page_id=83, but I definitely think this is a conversation that needs to be had: how can we foster more cultural creativity within the laissez faire movement?

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