{"id":6603,"date":"2012-06-10T13:22:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josemarquez.com\/xsml\/?p=6603"},"modified":"2012-06-10T13:22:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T20:22:06","slug":"tapas-are-a-delicious-and-nutritious-reason-to-distrust-libertarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/2012\/06\/10\/tapas-are-a-delicious-and-nutritious-reason-to-distrust-libertarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapas are a delicious and nutritious reason to distrust Libertarians."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elgranjamon.es\/noticias\/category\/tapas\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Tapas13.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tapas13\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6613\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spanish tapas are said to have been invented in the 13th century when the Spanish king <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfonso_X_of_Castile\">Alfonso X The Wise<\/a> required that all bars serve a plate of cold cuts along with every glass of wine. (The word &#8220;tapas&#8221; means &#8220;covers&#8221; as in a small plate of food which covers the glass of alcohol with which it is consumed.)<\/p>\n<p>Alfonso&#8217;s alleged goal was public health: preventing the over-intoxication of workers who might otherwise go drinking on an empty stomach \u2013 and\/or preventing insects from entering cups, etc. In other words, the evolution of one of the world&#8217;s best foods (cf. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ElBulli\">El Bulli<\/a>) might be traced back to a law which regulates the consumption of drugs. (i.e., Alfonsocare.)<\/p>\n<p>Whether apocryphal or not, the fact that this story endures suggests it has resonated for many generations of Spaniards. That the story is older than <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_of_Trent\">the Council of Trent<\/a> makes it not unlike religious teachings: it is true enough.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain, at least, laws that regulate commerce have fostered innovation and improved public health. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/articles\/people\/the-battle-for-cato\/\">Libertarians<\/a> are right to point out the idiocy of laws that impede innovation in the marketplace. But they&#8217;re foolish to insist that all laws do so. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish tapas are said to have been invented in the 13th century when the Spanish king Alfonso X The Wise required that all bars serve a plate of cold cuts along with every glass of wine. (The word &#8220;tapas&#8221; means &#8220;covers&#8221; as in a small plate of food which covers the glass of alcohol with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}