Libertarians will never win elections until they: 1. Start running credible candidates who understand marketing, public relations, and true political campaigning. 2. Stop playing the "libertarian-purity card" that alienates potential voters.
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Replying to @BNicholsLiberty
Yes. This means you
#ancaps.pic.twitter.com/USt5ArYZxN
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Replying to @BNicholsLiberty @MehLibertarian
I posted this on r/libertarian and while 98.5% of the comments were positive or constructive, the one I remember the most is the one that called my concerns childish and me childish and dumb. It's tragic that the few negative interactions overshadow the many positive.
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The main flaw with capital-L Libertarianism is the almost complete lack of understanding of economics, which drives them to anarcho-capitalism. The answer is left-libertarianism. Regulate individuals less. Regulate business more.pic.twitter.com/4pid5AixQI
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Thats not free market at all. Liberty and libertarianism is based off the free market. Which is why left libertarianism isn't a real thing. At all.
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I agree for the most part, but left-libertarianism is possible if its always precursored by volunteerism. It plays on the bet that people gain a high amount of utility from giving.
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*Everything* should be voluntary. That’s the flaw in the “free market” point above yours. *We* are “the market” and to be a free market, we must be able to enter or leave the marketplace at will. 1/
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Replying to @RealSteveCox @PoliticalOtters and
That means you not only need competition in the marketplace, but you have to be able to say “no” to *all* of the options and leave the marketplace. If you can’t leave, you’re a captive market, not a free market. 2/
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Replying to @RealSteveCox @PoliticalOtters and
“Free market” as used by right-wing Libertarians actually means “laissez-faire” capitalism. They aren’t the same things. If you’re diagnosed with cancer, and the hospital says “that’ll be $500,000 or you die” you’re a captive market. And that is theft. 3/
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hi im an economist this is an awful take
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