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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 Sep 2016

    Libertarianism: the belief that democratically-elected governments are evil but that feudal CEO-kings have your best interests at heart.

    2:49 AM - 10 Sep 2016
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      2. Michael Allen C. Isaac‏ @x86ninja 12 Sep 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Aral: a generally awesome dude with either clueless or jaded opinions about libertarianism.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 12 Sep 2016
        Replying to @x86ninja

        Just calling it as I see/experience it (to be clear, referring to right libertarianism; the Silicon Valley variety).

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      1. Daniel Lommes  🔵‏ @lommes 10 Sep 2016
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        the reason is important: the mob can not be trusted to behave reasonably. the market however is defined by rationality...

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      1. Jacob Roberts‏ @sortaloquacious 10 Sep 2016
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        Just. So many hearts

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      1. Georges St Paul‏ @GeorgesStPaul1 10 Sep 2016
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        @davrosz von Mises, IPA,LNP,Freedom Tim @timwilsoncomau & his mate @SenPaterson push this guff for their donors

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      1. Tim Rust‏ @tim_rust 10 Sep 2016
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        couldn't have put it better

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      1. Trevor Callaghan‏ @trevolafoam 10 Sep 2016
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        I think you can be "libertarian" and be skeptical or opposed to corporate power. Not mutually exclusive, if freedoms are limited.

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      1.  ❌Chris Marisic 🌟 🌟 🌟‏ @dotnetchris 10 Sep 2016
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        this is comically ridiculously wrong on all fronts

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      1. Jay‏ @JayStephens 10 Sep 2016
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        There's loadsa good uns - my personal fave: Libertarians are anarchists who want the police to protect their stuff.

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      1. Supreme Being‏ @meltingsnowfl 10 Sep 2016
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        oh no Aral. I love your tweets in general. But this is out of order. This is not what libertarianism is about. You got it wrong.

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      1. Caveat Caesar‏ @jfricker 10 Sep 2016
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        in the capitalist meritocracy, the most important metric is wealth and virtue is ignored as it becomes a side effect of accumulation.

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      1. Berklee‏ @Berklee 10 Sep 2016
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        The irony!

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      1. Littlelord bugleboy‏ @Tootmenot 10 Sep 2016
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        utter nonsense, at the very least :- Wikipedia

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