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BlackScythe0
10/26/25 1:51:34 PM
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Why would I owe Libertarians an apology? Just because Trump wants to be a dictator? That doesn't change the fact that their political ideology is anarchy. Libertarianism is a completely and totally unhinged belief system.
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UnholyMudcrab
10/26/25 1:53:42 PM
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I don't owe libertarians shit

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Jeff_AKA_Snoopy
10/26/25 1:55:46 PM
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Like all things it is nuanced.

I believe the original idea of Libertarianism is the idea that any governance that limits freedom of people is inherently not good. There were debates as to how much governance was needed to ensure people aren't fucked with, but that was it.

Some others came around to argue the concept of what freedom actually is (not getting fucked with by anyone versus the ability to actually do what you want) and that splintered Libertarianism into all sorts of offshoots.

Most Libertarians today basically want small government because they lucked into massive wealth and don't want a system of governance that takes their money and thus interferes with their whole "Don't fuck with my stuff" mentality.

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ssjevot
10/26/25 1:56:02 PM
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Evening_Dragon posted...
Also, actually kind of a tangent, but there's an older segment of... financier(?) libertarians that basically don't use the word how we use it at all. They belief in a social safety net and all that.

Classical liberals. Basically what Milton Friedman (who wanted a guaranteed minimum income) and many Republicans of that era were. This was back when people like Hayek still called themselves liberals. Gary Johnson was kind of like that. Probably the last major Republican to fall into that category was Barry Goldwater, who I believe was also the last pro-choice Republican senator (and pretty anti-religion in general). The US is just kind of a mess with political labels though. Liberals in basically every other country are more in line with classical liberalism and conservative parties are often explicitly called liberal.

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monkmith
10/26/25 1:57:19 PM
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an unregulated free market runs off human suffering to maximize profit for the ultra wealthy. reducing government size is just code for removing government oversight.

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BlackScythe0
10/26/25 2:07:17 PM
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Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...
Like all things it is nuanced.

I believe the original idea of Libertarianism is the idea that any governance that limits freedom of people is inherently not good. There were debates as to how much governance was needed to ensure people aren't fucked with, but that was it.

Some others came around to argue the concept of what freedom actually is (not getting fucked with by anyone versus the ability to actually do what you want) and that splintered Libertarianism into all sorts of offshoots.

Most Libertarians today basically want small government because they lucked into massive wealth and don't want a system of governance that takes their money and thus interferes with their whole "Don't fuck with my stuff" mentality.

I don't know many wealthy people, but I do know some Libertarians and none of them are wealthy. They are largely people who reject the reality of human nature and advocate for a lot of positions that basically equate "If you get rid of this then people would be free to do X thing they have no reason to do." It's like trickle down economics "Give all our money to the rich and they will do the right thing with it!" but all they do is save the money or send it over seas because cutting taxes does nothing to encourage them to say pay for an extra cashier they don't need. Libertarianism is like that but more extreme and on basically every aspect of government.

They even have tried to experiment on making a utopia.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling

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FL81
10/26/25 2:21:47 PM
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yes, we were right all along

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IronTusk
10/26/25 2:24:45 PM
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>>> Be Argentina
>>> Elect far-right libertarian anarcho-capitalist president Milei
>>> Gut government and social programs in attempt to tame inflation causing massive spike in poverty rate
>>> Hold out hands for $40B bailout from US
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Spiky_Peahorn
10/26/25 8:52:34 PM
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whitelytning posted...
No, but libertarianism does offer things both parties should consider today. Everyday there is another example of Trump trying to trample on what should be constitutionally protected rights of individuals. Concepts of smaller government and individual liberty are still important to many people and playing into that could only help the dems.

Except most libertarians would happily vote for him...

UnsteadyOwl posted...
Which is wild because MAGA is not a small government movement. They're right-wing authoritarians. They're all about using the power of a strong central government to push back against a culture that's changing too much for their liking.

The problem is Libertarians dont see Trump/MAGA as authoritarian, therefore not "big" government, while at the same time the smallest of Dem-led governments would be considered too big

Sadly we are getting more and more people running for local government as Libertarians during elections here in Australia, all of them, no surprise, have changed parties multiple times. Always running with Trump/MAGA style selling points.

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GGuirao13
10/27/25 3:06:43 AM
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I don't know enough about Libertarianism to say for sure, but I'd support them as long as they're nothing like Republicans.

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sfcalimari
10/27/25 3:10:24 AM
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Daily reminder that libertarians are embarassed Republicans who want what they think is a bulletproof economic excuse for being huge racists.

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Guns_of_Verdun
10/27/25 3:27:19 AM
#62:


BlackScythe0 posted...
That doesn't change the fact that their political ideology is anarchy
There's a big difference between Libertarianism and anarchy dude

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Thanatos_the_Great
10/27/25 5:02:42 AM
#63:


Guns_of_Verdun posted...
There's a big difference between Libertarianism and anarchy dude

Actually there's a lot of overlap between anarchism and libertarianism in the latter's original (and correct) meaning. But yeah, modern US-style "Libertarianism" has nothing to do with anarchism.

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Guns_of_Verdun
10/27/25 8:17:25 AM
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Thanatos_the_Great posted...
Actually there's a lot of overlap between anarchism and libertarianism in the latter's original (and correct) meaning. But yeah, modern US-style "Libertarianism" has nothing to do with anarchism.
Anarchy = no government whatsoever

Libertarianism = Severe limits on government with a focus on an unregulated free market and individual freedoms.

It's like saying there's overlap between arm amputation and wearing gloves indoors.


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RchHomieQuanChi
10/27/25 8:20:21 AM
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Which libertarians?

Massive difference between left-libertarians and "libertarians" who are just Republicans that like weed

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Blue_Dream87
10/27/25 9:07:11 AM
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Libertarian party are either gullible fucks or the rich trying to keep their money. They completely lost the plot when thinking the government is the only limiting factor in our freedom. In America at least, they just let Capitalism slide and pretend that it doesn't limit freedoms itself. They also tend to ignore the social hierarchies that limit freedom, such as white supremacy and patriarchy.

If you want to be independent of the State, you gotta build up other structures that replace what the State leverages over us. Medicine, food, infrastructure, community justice, etc. . Libertarians just want to jump to the end goal without putting in that work. Ultimately I want similar goals under a socialist economy, but it's not as easy as voting for a 3rd party.

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Heineken14
10/27/25 9:22:47 AM
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Pretty much. It's kind of like the anti-vax movement right now. Where they live in a world where vaccines have provided such massive benefit that they no longer realize the benefit of it because of diminishing returns and therefore think it's no longer needed and want to go back to the before times.

Like, their entire schtick when you bring up companies dumping garbage in waters or not providing safety features to prevent accidents is to.... just sue them. It's laughably stupid.

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Heineken14
10/27/25 9:47:12 AM
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Yeah. Anytime I've heard a normal people out in the wild say "Well I'm more of a libertarian!" it's always in this thin idea of "I don't like people telling me what to do." except.... all of these people also exclusively vote republican so they very much DO like people telling them what to do.

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aarrgus
10/27/25 10:06:18 AM
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These fucking libertarians are the worst of the Donald Dumbass bootlickers. All talk no cattle.

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Guns_of_Verdun
10/27/25 2:42:50 PM
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aarrgus posted...
These fucking libertarians are the worst of the Donald Dumbass bootlickers. All talk no cattle.
Penn Jilette was against Trump in 2015

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Tyranthraxus
10/27/25 2:44:53 PM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
I always used to make fun of them but Democrats and Republicans have given us Reagan, Biden, Bush and their magnus opus, Donald Dumbass.

Maybe they were onto something. Government having all this power is dangerous. We make fun of them for being crazy, then elected people who are also crazy but now have untold unchecked power instead of trying to curb it.

Maybe humans as a species are just crazy. We don't seem capable of not destroying ourselves over bizarre nonsense.

Libertarians would have given us Ron Paul so no the only thing we owe them is more mockery.

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aarrgus
10/27/25 3:07:20 PM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Penn Jilette was against Trump in 2015

Penn Jillette no longer calls himself a libertarian. I can respect someone who finally realizes that Libertarians are right wing authoritarian bootlickers, not freedom fighters.


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Heineken14
10/27/25 10:31:20 PM
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aarrgus posted...
Penn Jillette no longer calls himself a libertarian. I can respect someone who finally realizes that Libertarians are right wing authoritarian bootlickers, not freedom fighters.

Huh, good for him! Makes me like him a bit better.

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DoesntMatter
10/27/25 11:16:57 PM
#76:


damn. Penn Jillette is a pretty cool dude.

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Spiky_Peahorn
10/28/25 2:48:28 AM
#77:


Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Libertarianism = Severe limits on government with a focus on an unregulated free market and individual freedoms.

Current Libertarians only want limited government when it pertains to themselves. They're very much ok with total government control over anyone who doesn't think like they do.

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Guns_of_Verdun
10/28/25 3:02:04 AM
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Heineken14 posted...
Huh, good for him! Makes me like him a bit better.

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tremain07
10/28/25 5:36:33 AM
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It always seemed like a movement that wants chaos while also wanting safety from that chaos

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kirbymuncher
10/28/25 6:17:24 AM
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I think pretty much everyone has some level of "the government shouldn't be sticking their nose in THIS thing"

the trick is that you have to realize there are also many things the government certainly should be sticking their nose in

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Guns_of_Verdun
10/28/25 12:04:38 PM
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tremain07 posted...
It always seemed like a movement that wants chaos while also wanting safety from that chaos
Sounds like right wing politicians to me

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FL81
10/28/25 12:43:39 PM
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kirbymuncher posted...
the trick is that you have to realize there are also many things the government certainly should be sticking their nose in
not with this administration

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Guns_of_Verdun
10/28/25 3:10:27 PM
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Yeah I wouldn't trust this government to open a jar of pickles.

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DrizztLink
10/28/25 3:11:17 PM
#84:


The MAGAts who like weed and have complicated viewpoints regarding the age of consent?

No, no the fuck we do not.

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masterpug53
10/28/25 3:39:41 PM
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tremain07 posted...
It always seemed like a movement that wants chaos while also wanting safety from that chaos

My view of libertarians has always been anarchists in polo shirts and khakis, so we're not too far off from each other.

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Guns_of_Verdun
10/31/25 10:06:53 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
My view of libertarians has always been anarchists in polo shirts and khakis, so we're not too far off from each other.
I still find it weird that you don't know the difference between anarchists and libertarians

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