Libertarian Thread of Doom

[BostonBeaneater]

This article is hilarious.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics ... tz-hetling

[Dr. Medulla]

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.

[BostonBeaneater]

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.

I guess I am a soft rock pussy, I'm willing to pay the man so that the sewer system functions.

[Dr. Medulla]

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.

I guess I am a soft rock pussy, I'm willing to pay the man so that the sewer system functions.

Nanny state tyranny!

[TeddyB Not Logged In]

Libertarianism = legal murder, otherwise it’s not Libertarianism. Past that, we’re talking government interference.

[Dr. Medulla]

https://thehardtimes.net/blog/we-sat-do ... idnt-know/
The title is probably the best part, but still.

[Kory]

https://thehardtimes.net/blog/we-sat-do ... idnt-know/
The title is probably the best part, but still.

The last line was pretty good too.

[Dr. Medulla]

https://thehardtimes.net/blog/how-to-ma ... an-pariah/

[Dr. Medulla]

I'm not sure I understand what libertarianism means anymore.

[Flex]

The libertarian party was taken over by the "mises caucus" in the last leadership elections and are completely destroying the party. State chapters are literally voting to dissolve themselves rather than be associated with the new leadership, and even a bunch of reason magazine people have left the party under hostile circumstances. It's all very funny.

[Dr. Medulla]

The libertarian party was taken over by the "mises caucus" in the last leadership elections and are completely destroying the party. State chapters are literally voting to dissolve themselves rather than be associated with the new leadership, and even a bunch of reason magazine people have left the party under hostile circumstances. It's all very funny.

Huh. It's like the Green Party pushing for pipelines and strip mining.

[revbob]

I'm not sure I understand what libertarianism means anymore.

"Selfish assholes", same as ever.

[JennyB]

The libertarian party was taken over by the "mises caucus" in the last leadership elections and are completely destroying the party. State chapters are literally voting to dissolve themselves rather than be associated with the new leadership, and even a bunch of reason magazine people have left the party under hostile circumstances. It's all very funny.

Huh. It's like the Green Party pushing for pipelines and strip mining.

They've gone full on mask-off in New Hampshire:

[Dr. Medulla]

The libertarian party was taken over by the "mises caucus" in the last leadership elections and are completely destroying the party. State chapters are literally voting to dissolve themselves rather than be associated with the new leadership, and even a bunch of reason magazine people have left the party under hostile circumstances. It's all very funny.

Huh. It's like the Green Party pushing for pipelines and strip mining.

They've gone full on mask-off in New Hampshire:

Nobody keeps Marx alive—in name if not spirit—more than the right.

[Dr. Medulla]

https://thehardtimes.net/blog/oh-youre- ... void-them/