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In which an outspoken libertarian asks for support from society.
by qntty 10y ago
In which an outspoken libertarian asks for support from society.
- rhapsodic 10y ago>In which an outspoken libertarian asks for support from society. He's asking for voluntary contributions. That is not inconsistent with libertarianism. If he applied for a government grant to pay his bills, OTOH, that would IMO be inconsistent.
- justin66 10y agoThe comments section on the article indicates the soon-to-be 501c3 he's associated with, ICEI, will probably be sending grant proposals to The Evil Men With Guns Who Collect Your Tax Money While Holding Guns Or Something shortly. "Had I been able to wait until that kind of fundraising was producing results, I would have."
- rhapsodic 10y agoTouché.
- zeveb 10y agoCorrection: in which an outspoken libertarian asks for the freely-given support of his fellow free citizens, which is exactly in accordance with his principles. Libertarians don't object to charity: we object to robbing Peter to pay Paul and then congratulating oneself on one's charitable activities.
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- qntty 10y agoStrictly speaking, libertarians wouldn't want to make this illegal, I agree, but that doesn't necessarily make it in accordance with libertarian principles. Much of the debate about libertarianism comes down to questions about how much we value work that benefits all of society but which doesn't directly create wealth for the people doing it. Many libertarians, for example, don't care too much about finding a way to pay women for doing the work of raising children, work that has a very positive impact on the economy overall. The work that Eric is doing is that kind of work.
- duncan_bayne 10y ago... as opposed to forcing it from people at gunpoint, which is how outspoken socialists roll.