During the Enlightenment, "freedom" meant moving to more democratic institutions. Today, Libertarians want you to believe it's the opposite.
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The idea behind "Libertarianism" is that we should not have input in institutions that we take part in – all decisions are made by property.
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All decisions are made by magical market gnomes. All of them live in capital and have Ayn Rand's scowling face.
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Ancaps don't realize it, but they fall back on communist ideas whenever they reach the limits of internalizing costs/benefits via property.
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Either that, or they go full neoreactionary and say we need to have a king who owns everything.
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yeah, property with moats
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Wow! You're right! Democracy is so empowering! I have so much influence on "my" president, senator, representative.https://mises.org/library/indefensibility-political-representation …
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you have the freedom to not do business with someone. Property rights do not discriminate.
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