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> This already exists in the sense that many are not free to move to different cities/states because they are living paycheck-to-paycheck, shackled by debt. Is
by alexmingoia 10y ago
> This already exists in the sense that many are not free to move to different cities/states because they are living paycheck-to-paycheck, shackled by debt.
Isn't this a strawman? Libertarianism isn't a theory that ensures everyone has whatever they want. It's a philosophy centered around liberty (in contrast to freedom). Libertarians are only arguing that anyone should be free to move where they want and free to obtain the means to do so. Libertarianism has never argued that liberty means everyone gets a house on the beach.
- philipov 10y ago> ...free to obtain the means to do so. Libertarianism has never argued that liberty means everyone gets a house on the beach. This is the strawman. No one is suggesting that everyone gets a house on the beach. The problem is that Libertarianism has a naive presentation of coercion strategies. It ignores economic and generational coercion mechanisms, instead focusing on violence (and the government's monopoly on it) as the only form of coercion. This prevents it from achieving the liberty which it promises, except for those who are already wealthy. By seeking to obfuscate and divert attention from other coercion strategies, it disproportionately favors those who wield them to reduce liberty, and so it has a net negative effect on liberty.