In our relationships with the resources, even more than in our relationships with one another, attitudes must change before politics can change, for one is the product of the other. An understandable reaction, given our political history and present viewpoint. In the future perhaps, we may be able to accommodate a different view. The Spirit of Liberty in Resources-use The process visualized and described as the operation of the Principle of Liberty is not the unregulated free market, nor is it total State control. Rather, it is a process of consultation falling between the two.
Anticipation is particularly important in resources-use.
It is vital that we should look ahead, taking all actual and anticipated needs into consideration, looking at the effects of what we plan to do before we do it. Much of our land-use today fails to foresee consequences. We plan suburban developments without considering transport, we develop areas of scenic beauty before we realize that we are spoiling the irreplaceable, we satisfy present needs while causing long-term environmental damage or imbalances. The discipline which this imposes demands in turn that all needs be considered in relation to one another and to their environmental impact. It also requires that each demand upon the land and resources should in itself and in its integration with others, seek to minimize its footprint.