I remember those innocent days when I considered myself a libertarian. If you aren’t part of a marginalized group, and you consider yourself smart and responsible, AND most importantly assume that other libertarians are arguing in good faith with good priorities, some of what they say can seem to make a lot of sense.
But then when you look at the real-world motivations and results, they start to look like people who are down to to smoke weed while licking the same boot as a brown person.
You had me til brown person. Not quite sure what you mean, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that it wasn’t meant as bigotry.
The whole libertarian movement smacks of the big brain thinking of entitled people in their 20s, and Joe Rogan’s fan club.
It paints with the same broad strokes as communism and like it, fails to acknowledge the real world outcomes: only the ideology matters, and adherence to it. Ignore or prosecute those who don’t implement it as intended or under the guiding assumptions.
The brown person thing was me referring to them being “socially liberal,” so they would share the same water fountain – or boot – as somebody of another race.
That quote refers to the “socially liberal and fiscally conservative” label that they like to use. Because part of the fun is saying that you love everybody and have no hate in your heart, but you definitely don’t want to spend any money or enforce any regulations to help people’s lives.
I remember those innocent days when I considered myself a libertarian. If you aren’t part of a marginalized group, and you consider yourself smart and responsible, AND most importantly assume that other libertarians are arguing in good faith with good priorities, some of what they say can seem to make a lot of sense.
But then when you look at the real-world motivations and results, they start to look like people who are down to to smoke weed while licking the same boot as a brown person.
You had me til brown person. Not quite sure what you mean, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that it wasn’t meant as bigotry.
The whole libertarian movement smacks of the big brain thinking of entitled people in their 20s, and Joe Rogan’s fan club.
It paints with the same broad strokes as communism and like it, fails to acknowledge the real world outcomes: only the ideology matters, and adherence to it. Ignore or prosecute those who don’t implement it as intended or under the guiding assumptions.
The brown person thing was me referring to them being “socially liberal,” so they would share the same water fountain – or boot – as somebody of another race.
That quote refers to the “socially liberal and fiscally conservative” label that they like to use. Because part of the fun is saying that you love everybody and have no hate in your heart, but you definitely don’t want to spend any money or enforce any regulations to help people’s lives.