The only way for libertarianism to work is if every human had only good intentions. Since that’s simply never going to happen libertarianism will never work. Just my opinion feel free to disagree.
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Libertarianism is a theory espoused to those with good intentions by people that have bad intentions.
It doesn’t work for almost anyone. But it super works for some. That’s the point.
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The problem is that it doesn't work even if everyone has good intentions. It needs everyone to agree on what "good intentions" even means.
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The difference is that they think that gatekeeping poor people from services in order to bring costs down for everyone else is valid. I've seen libertarians argue that the solution to tuition and healthcare being expensive is to stop helping poor people, because that will drive demand down and lower prices for people who can already afford it. I've seen libertarians argue that the solution to people scalping groceries is to let grocery stores price gouge. Their solutions only ever involve helping people who don't need help at the expense of people who do. Libertarianism is "me, me, me right now now now" dressed up in fancy language. It's the political philosophy of a tumor.
Libertarianism is a great system if you're using it as a backdrop for a cyberpunk dystopia.
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"It's the political philosophy of a tumor." Fantastic analogy!
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“We live in a society” - the jonkler
“Not if I can help it” - libertarians
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Being Libertarian means never having to admit you’re a Republican
Libertarians are just Republicans that want to smoke weed.
Be fair. Some of them are republicans who are more open about not wanting age of consent to be a thing.
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As far as I can tell, the ones with money want a free hand to do whatever they want to others without repercussion, and the ones without money are willfully drinking the Kool Aid and being led around by the nose philosophically.
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You ever hear a libertarian complain about flying? Fascinating one-person debate about airlines and deregulation.
Most "libertarians" are this dumb, but the old school ones at least attribute the problems to uneven regulation rigged in favor of the ruling class, which does jive with my understanding of what is wrong with the financial system. That being said, libertarianism wouldn't work even if they did get shit straight.
The vast majority of libertarians are (in my experience) just conservatives that want to smoke weed. They believe a lot of the same awful shit. The rest of them have deluded themselves into thinking that a libertarian society is viable when it is laughably not. They generally consider themselves to be way more capable and independent than reality can support.
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Believing Libertarians argue in good faith. 🤡
Thats cause if they argue in good faith they wont be Libertarians for long.
I've seen them claim that a natural monopoly cannot exist and that monopolies we see today are all enforced by government regulation.
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How is it that free market's modus operandi seem to be attempting suicide every few years?
It's not free enough!!!!
No joke, though, there are people who think that letting things hit the wall as fast and hard as possible is desirable. It's called accelerationism.
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North America has never been a free market. Even since the days of Sumer have there been regulations on commerce. We will never have a free market.
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i thought being a libertarian was cool when i was 20 and wanted to smoke weed but didn't know how to get any
Zoning codes that restrict density are the opposite of a free market.
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