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Best definition of libertarianism

From the Slate comments today.

Never got over the fact they weren’t the illegitimate children of Robert Heinlein and Ayn Rand; currently punishing the rest of us for it. Unusually smug for a political philosophy that’s never gotten anyone elected for anything above the local water board. All for legalized drugs and prostitution, but probably wouldn’t want their kids blowing strangers for crack; all for slashing taxes for nearly every social service, but don’t seem to understand why most people aren’t at all keen to trade in even the minimal safety net the U.S. provides for 55-gallon barrels of beans and rice, a crossbow and a first-aid kit in the basement. Blissfully clueless that Libertarianism is just great as long as it doesn’t actually involve real live humans.

Libertarians blog with a frequency that makes one wonder if they’re actually employed somewhere or if they have loved ones who miss them. Libertarian blogs even more snide than conservative blogs, if that’s possible. Socially slow — will assume other people actually want to talk about legalizing hemp and the benefits of a polyamorous ethos when all these other folks really want is to drink beer and play Grand Theft Auto. Libertarianism the official political system of science fiction authors, which explains why science fiction is in such a rut these days. Libertarians often polyamorous (and hope you are too) but also somewhat out of shape, which takes a lot of the fun out of it.

Easily offended; Libertarians are most likely to respond to this column. The author will attempt to engage subtle wit but will actually come across as a geeky whiner. Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.” News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Here is my own definition. It's from a socialist perspective because it was myself in conversation with Kalli before she left. It was about how much (or not) libertarians get it.

Libertarians are halfway there but a mile away. They get that the state has a coercive influence and their analysis of crony capitalism would kind of work if anyone could find any capitalism which didn't have cronies.

Their solutions and model society would devolve into either Mad Max or Robocop. Their idyll of small business capitalism is ridiculously a-historical anyway given capital's tendency towards monopolies.

I'm a cynic about their motives too. A lot of the ones I've met are committed rightist cultural warriors. It's the contrarian hipster right. They want to smoke weed but don't want their taxes to go to black people. They want their cake and to eat it. The benefits of having cash whilst also being anti-establishment. A lot of them end up going semi-fash when economic Darwinism crosses over to racial Darwinism.

TLDR:

It's the contrarian hipster right.
ViciDraco · 41-45, M
@Burnley123 it's pretty accurate. When I was a youngster I fell in with libertarians. I read their platform online and thought it sounded pretty good. I've always focused on the social side of libertarianism though. So imagine my surprise when I would go to meetups and the only thing anyone ever talked about was taxes and whether Obama was born in Kenya or not.

Later, I realized libertarian economic policy would lead to supply side monopolies and race to the bottom wage slavery. But that was well after I realized they only paid lip service to actual freedom and had already left that group
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Burnley123 I personally like Mad Max 🙃
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@SatanBurger So do I, just don't see it as a model society. 😜
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Burnley123 Who would not want to roam around the wasteland naked with a bunch of screaming idiots 🙃
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@SatanBurger It's like SW but a real-life version.
monte3 · 70-79, M
🤣🤣🤣😊 now that is an accurate statement. @Burnley123
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Burnley123 OMG that's a good point lol.