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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 13 Dec 2017

    I'm not really a libertarian. My libertarian tweeps occasionally hope that I am seeing the light but my socialist & pro-Europe tendencies dismay them.

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      2. Joe Hainstock‏ @Joemanji84 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I still don't understand libertarians. They seem well meaning but how is 'just deregulate everything and the corporations will behave honest guv' a strategy for the real world?

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Joemanji84

        Well, quite.

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      4. Giovanna Liviana  🖖🏻‏ @GiovannaLiviana 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose @Joemanji84

        That's an American misunderstanding which has only come into vogue since followers of Ayn Rand's "philosophy" (don't get me started on this rant) founded a political party they called "Libertarian," back in 1971. Prior to that, most Americans understood "libertarian" the same way

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      5. Barry Purcell‏ @solo1y 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GiovannaLiviana @HPluckrose @Joemanji84

        I run a philosophy blog for beginners. This is the post I made about Ayn Rand:http://whatsthepointofphilosophy.tumblr.com/post/157845738954/rand-pall …

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      6. Giovanna Liviana  🖖🏻‏ @GiovannaLiviana 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @solo1y @HPluckrose @Joemanji84

        When I was an undergrad Philosophy major, I asked a couple of my professors about Ayn Rand (keep in mind this was a private school where a stunning 50% of the faculty regarded themselves as "conservative," which was a rather large percentage in an American university at the time)

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      7. Giovanna Liviana  🖖🏻‏ @GiovannaLiviana 13 Dec 2017
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        and they both told me that no professional academic philosopher took her seriously. She was never mentioned in any Philosophy class I took, only in PoliSci & Econ. I had to read her stuff on my own time to learn why she wasn't taken seriously, & it was still a few years before

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      8. Barry Purcell‏ @solo1y 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @GiovannaLiviana @HPluckrose @Joemanji84

        I was stupid enough to keep an open mind and read her stuff for myself. I wish I had just listened to literally every single philosophy professor I consulted on this matter.

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      9. Giovanna Liviana  🖖🏻‏ @GiovannaLiviana 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @solo1y @HPluckrose @Joemanji84

        No, it's good that you did, so you could see for yourself what bullshit it is.

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      1. Glen V‏ @The_DoctorV 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        At least your honest. I prefer that over crazy people.

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      1. Jeremy Mitchell‏ @Jer_Mitch 13 Dec 2017
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        I love your tweets and I'm steadfastly libertarian. Supporting classically liberal ideals is infinitely more important than deregulation. We're allies in all the most important ways. Stay strong!

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      1. Paul Burrer‏ @paulburrer 13 Dec 2017
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        This always irritates a few tribes. :)pic.twitter.com/vYsZdNaJvB

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      1. Alexei Kirillov‏ @Alexei__Kirilov 13 Dec 2017
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        How can you be a pro-EU socialist, when the EU is a neoliberal construction that's wrecking the welfare state in all eurozone countries (cf. Greece, Ireland and Italy)?

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      1. Diane Bruce‏ @Dianora_1 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I don't care for labels. I learn from my mistakes, I learn and change my mind. Maybe that's SJW or libertarian, or MRA, or socialist, or maybe just me.

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      1. Henrix Jones‏ @HenrixJones 13 Dec 2017
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        Governments are in a far better position to harm the population than corporations. Governments have a legal monopoly of violence. Of course, corporations do awful things but they are easier to stop.

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      1. Henrix Jones‏ @HenrixJones 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I think that is simplistic; of course there is a range of libertarian view, some being as you describe. However, libertarians I think recognise a need for government and regulation but that they are likely to make worse choices than individuals.

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      1. Rob McMillin‏ @scareduck 13 Dec 2017
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        We have cookies.

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      1. ★ Martin Black ★  🇦🇱‏ @martinxo 13 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        quite right : )

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