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One of the really annoying things about libertarianism is the way it takes words that other people already use, redefine it to mean something else, and then tel
by vacri 10y ago
One of the really annoying things about libertarianism is the way it takes words that other people already use, redefine it to mean something else, and then tells those people they're wrong for using the original word.
An 'isolationist' is someone who wants their country to withdraw from the world politically. It's not someone who wants to live 'off the grid'. It's not someone who is frightened by a 30% marginal tax bracket. It's not another term for 'libertarian'. Someone who wants to live off by themselves with little interaction with others is called a hermit, not an isolationist.
- gravypod 10y agoGoogling "define isolationist" gives the following: a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. Googling "define isolation": the process or fact of isolating or being isolated. Where did I redefine those?