This article is hilarious.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics ... tz-hetling
Libertarian Thread of Doom
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Re: Libertarian Thread of Doom
Oh yeah, I'm reading that book—thanks! Like Marxism, libertarianism is a great critical lens, but absurd to enact to the degree that its adherents demand. I remember a blog post from a libertarian lawyer who argued that if a meteor was coming at the earth, proper libertarians would be obliged to resist their national govts seizing resources and banding with other nations to figure out a way to destroy it because it would violate individual property rights. And this wasn't meant to show the absurdity of libertarian purity. Better to die free and all that, I guess.
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Re: Libertarian Thread of Doom
I guess I am a soft rock pussy, I'm willing to pay the man so that the sewer system functions.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Dec 2020, 6:24pmOh yeah, I'm reading that book—thanks! Like Marxism, libertarianism is a great critical lens, but absurd to enact to the degree that its adherents demand. I remember a blog post from a libertarian lawyer who argued that if a meteor was coming at the earth, proper libertarians would be obliged to resist their national govts seizing resources and banding with other nations to figure out a way to destroy it because it would violate individual property rights. And this wasn't meant to show the absurdity of libertarian purity. Better to die free and all that, I guess.

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Nanny state tyranny!BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑16 Dec 2020, 6:38pmI guess I am a soft rock pussy, I'm willing to pay the man so that the sewer system functions.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Dec 2020, 6:24pmOh yeah, I'm reading that book—thanks! Like Marxism, libertarianism is a great critical lens, but absurd to enact to the degree that its adherents demand. I remember a blog post from a libertarian lawyer who argued that if a meteor was coming at the earth, proper libertarians would be obliged to resist their national govts seizing resources and banding with other nations to figure out a way to destroy it because it would violate individual property rights. And this wasn't meant to show the absurdity of libertarian purity. Better to die free and all that, I guess.
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Re: Libertarian Thread of Doom
Libertarianism = legal murder, otherwise it’s not Libertarianism. Past that, we’re talking government interference.