Well, my libertarian principles have all but vanished. I learned people will never leave each other alone, same for nations. I also learned the globalist communists want me dead, my history erased, my future children enslaved or on hormone blockers.
I will not stand for this and I will not endorse principles that allow this either.
The rewards for tolerance are treachery and betrayal.
Libertarianism is to liberty what communism is to social welfare. In principal both are laudable, in practice both are contrary to human nature. The free market will succomb to monopolies, robber barons, and a Koch style global race to the bottom if left unchecked due to human greed the same way top down control economies will lead to starvation amd authoritarianism as the most ruthless rise to the top.
I think I agree with you, but I'm not sure. I would say that the problem is when people apply a purity test to libertarianism and are unwilling to recognize reality and won't compromise.
You can still maintain libertarian principles that inform your decisions about how you lead your daily life, voting, business practices, etc without ignoring reality. Here are some examples:
Free market is good, but monopolistic practices are bad so we need laws that oppose robber barons.
Nation-building is bad, but we need to defend ourselves against our enemies so an army is necessary for that purpose.
I totally agree and am what you might call a pragmatic libertarian. Pure libertarianism could only work in a high IQ, high trust society. Historically that means homogenous as well. Since the USA doesn't have those attributes it can't adopt unconstrained libertarian principals.
Libertarianism wouldn't work even in a homogenous society. Human nature is corrupted by the stain of original sin. And it sure as fuck won't work in our society that is already run largely by vermin of foreign origin.
This is masterfully said with so few plain words but clear meaning. I hope more people will see this. Doctrinaire libertarianism means we all guard our houses as our castle, and watch as each one of us is ground down and defeated separately. People that would tell you smugly they don't vote or they "calibrated" their votes are just statistically surrendering to the left.
Well, my libertarian principles have all but vanished. I learned people will never leave each other alone, same for nations. I also learned the globalist communists want me dead, my history erased, my future children enslaved or on hormone blockers.
I will not stand for this and I will not endorse principles that allow this either.
The rewards for tolerance are treachery and betrayal.
Libertarianism is to liberty what communism is to social welfare. In principal both are laudable, in practice both are contrary to human nature. The free market will succomb to monopolies, robber barons, and a Koch style global race to the bottom if left unchecked due to human greed the same way top down control economies will lead to starvation amd authoritarianism as the most ruthless rise to the top.
I think I agree with you, but I'm not sure. I would say that the problem is when people apply a purity test to libertarianism and are unwilling to recognize reality and won't compromise.
You can still maintain libertarian principles that inform your decisions about how you lead your daily life, voting, business practices, etc without ignoring reality. Here are some examples:
Free market is good, but monopolistic practices are bad so we need laws that oppose robber barons.
Nation-building is bad, but we need to defend ourselves against our enemies so an army is necessary for that purpose.
I totally agree and am what you might call a pragmatic libertarian. Pure libertarianism could only work in a high IQ, high trust society. Historically that means homogenous as well. Since the USA doesn't have those attributes it can't adopt unconstrained libertarian principals.
Libertarianism wouldn't work even in a homogenous society. Human nature is corrupted by the stain of original sin. And it sure as fuck won't work in our society that is already run largely by vermin of foreign origin.
Nailed it.
This is masterfully said with so few plain words but clear meaning. I hope more people will see this. Doctrinaire libertarianism means we all guard our houses as our castle, and watch as each one of us is ground down and defeated separately. People that would tell you smugly they don't vote or they "calibrated" their votes are just statistically surrendering to the left.