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You were probably exaggerating, but "I can do whatever I want" is far from libertarian. Indeed, forbidding imposing uncompensated the externality of decreased l
by belovedeagle 10y ago
You were probably exaggerating, but "I can do whatever I want" is far from libertarian. Indeed, forbidding imposing uncompensated the externality of decreased land values in this situation is one of the defining aspects of libertarianism as opposed to, say, anarchism or socialism (where you pay a fee to the government - excuse me, the People's Party - to do whatever you want).
- mannykannot 10y agoSo who or what does the forbidding, and what would make the outcome different from anything that has ever happened in history before?
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoYou are correct, but I'd like to clarify that property rights on land is one of libertarianism's big things mostly because rich folk own a lot of land. They'll defend having a "big government" that'll commit violence to protect rich people's land and they'll pay for that with taxes that they would otherwise decry as theft at gunpoint. Contrast this with their general approach to industry dumping carbon or other pollution into the air and suggestions to price in those externalities.
- belovedeagle 10y agoYou clearly have no clue what the term "big government" means. It doesn't mean your local Sheriff's office, at lower staffing levels than needed for the drug war.