WitchingHourOwl

Hey Scott,

Thanks for doing this AMA. A few years ago I wouldn’t even have considered it, but I voted Greens at the last election, largely thanks to your words on this forum and especially your understanding of the digital age.

I’m a bit of an odd sort on reddit—much closer to the centre than the left, especially on economics. To me it seems totally vital that people understand the limits of regulation and large, high taxing government. We need the efficiency and growth that come with free markets, and we need to ease the constraints high taxes and complicated approvals place on our startup companies, if we are going to be able to ever have the competitiveness, wealth and efficiency to focus on truly sustainable management of our society and our environment.

People often describe the Greens as “Watermelons”—Green on the outside, red in the centre. How true is this? Is there a place in the Greens for people who view large, unwieldy government with suspicion?

I don't want to start an ideological flame war; I just want to know whether Senator Ludlum thinks it is necessary to attach yourself to hard socialism in order to vote greens.