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I'm pretty libertarian, and open to discussion around it; I've updated my views before and acknowledge there are weaknesses. But most people responding on twitter are making arguments based on significant misunderstanding or straw men of my libertarianism views.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Apr 25, 2021

There are some good points against libertarianism, but "if we stop governament programs nothing could possibly full that role better" is not one of them. It's the equivalent of christians going "but without god, there's no reason to do good" - it's basic and a bit ignorant.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Apr 25, 2021

And again, to clearly reiterate - I'm not saying there aren't good arguments against libertarianism out there! But by and large, most of the people in my mentions seem to be stuck on level 1 understanding and critique and it's pretty frustrating.

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Who would enforce libertarianism? Because without government, you'd have mob like gangs taking over, and eventually some version of a dictator or king. If you don't want to pay taxes for a representative govt, you'll become a subject to a dictator.

Aella

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This is an example of a level 1 critique. Libertarianism doesn't want no government.

5:35 PM · Apr 25, 2021

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Close, sure! But no government is anarchist; the thing that makes libertarians different from anarchists is that they do want some government. They do vary on exactly how much, but they do want some, and this is repeated on basically every definition of libertarianism everywhere.

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