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>Why would you ever voluntarily agree to a high-inequality society where you are at the lower end? In terms of political philosophy, most libertarians come at
by sf_rob 9y ago
>Why would you ever voluntarily agree to a high-inequality society where you are at the lower end?
In terms of political philosophy, most libertarians come at it through a rights based framework (see: Bastiat, Locke) and believe rights to be non-arbitrary. You seem to be suggesting a more self-interested framework which I'm not going to argue for/against.
In terms of reality, libertarians skew wealthy and less social. Like most groups they are more likely to rationalize a system that is congruent on the surface with their place in society.
- xg15 9y ago> In terms of reality, libertarians skew wealthy and less social. Like most groups they are more likely to rationalize a system that is congruent on the surface with their place in society. Well yes, I too can think up the philosophy of xg15ism in which people like me are well off at the cost of everyone else - and then demand that society implement it, pretty please. I just don't see how that would bring us forward in any way.