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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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How, is that different from communists who are sure it would work if only it was done right? It's all faith based right? We have no evidence of this hypothesis panning out, and any time we move in that direction it's a disaster (see e.g. Kansas experiment recently).

Aella

@Aella_Girl

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@ssylvan

My complaint here is about people criticizing an inaccurate version, what they think libertarianism says but doesn't. I also think if you're going to critique communism, you should be familiar with what communists actually believe.

5:42 PM · Apr 25, 2021

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I don't think it's as inaccurate as you claim. In fact, I'd say the dominant form of libertarianism in the US really is that naive (again, see the Kansas experiment - a governor and state legislature thought this cartoon version of economics, "trickle down", was a thing).

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It seems to me that most criticisms of any "ism" style of political or economic philosophy tend to be bad faith and strawmannish. The common critiques of capitalism are the ones that bug me the most.