I saw the movie Sully when it was released and I recently caught a few minutes of it on TV. It was a frustrating film to watch, but it does have something interesting to say, if it wasn't what the director Clint Eastwood wanted to say. Instead, I think it’s a pretty good example of how libertarianism only makes sense within a fantasy world, but because that world doesn’t exist, libertarians needs to invent it.
Read MoreThe healthcare debate is a good example of the way that neoliberalism uses "choice" to hide its absence. The choice that's always offered is a choice between different insurance plans, where having more choice is somehow meant to be a good in itself. And this is an argument often deployed against a single payer/universal systems, i.e., that it eliminates choice. However, in Canada, I have no choice about my insurance plan, but I have unlimited choice in the doctors I get to see, i.e., I can go to any doctor without any out-of-pocket expense. That's the choice that matters. But this type of choice is antithetical to the other type of choice.
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