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In particular on HN there are plenty of a very extreme breed of libertarians who believe 'open society' means no regulation or taxes as well. It's a generic wea
by wfo 11y ago
In particular on HN there are plenty of a very extreme breed of libertarians who believe 'open society' means no regulation or taxes as well. It's a generic weasel word that means "stuff I like and not stuff I don't like".
- zo1 11y agoIf you mean it as a sort of "derogatory" description of what non-libertarians think of actual Libertarian beliefs, then that makes sense. However, in actuality, libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism is very clear about what its core foundations are. And you'll only find the left-libertarians that are very wishy-washy about their beliefs such that each one has their own definition of "stuff I like, and not stuff I don't like".
- wfo 11y agoI didn't mean to be derogatory at all -- I just mean phrases like 'open society' are used in discussion and argument by a large variety of people with a large variety of beliefs, and it always essentially means 'an implementation of my particular belief system'. Libertarianism provided an excellent example because of how prevalent it is on HN -- so prevalent in fact that I had a real life Libertarian pop out to defend it!