3 ms·
> For instance, many San Francisco "lefties" are anarcho-capitalists That seems a bit strange. I know quite a bit about anarcho-capitalism, but I have never, n
by nickik 9y ago
> For instance, many San Francisco "lefties" are anarcho-capitalists
That seems a bit strange. I know quite a bit about anarcho-capitalism, but I have never, never ever heard anybody claim they were 'left'. In fact generally 'leftism' is associated with socialism and the exact opposite of what AnCaps want.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- kristopolous 9y agoIf you use a non-technical approximation of the term as the placeholder for the true bearers of liberty and freedom, then sure. As far as others considering them "lefties", to some people, a few checkboxes put you in a generalized "leftist/liberal/fascist/democrat/communist" category, which these people consider to all be the same thing. For instance: pro-immigrant, gay rights, and weed-legalization would be the end of the discussion for them. Their analysis is over and they don't care to discuss it any further. There's a lot of people like that. I meet them frequently.
- LyndsySimon 9y agoI'm an ancap, and live in rural Arkansas. I wouldn't describe myself as "leftist"... but many of the people around me probably would. When I was in Charlottesville, VA, many of the people around me there would have described me as "right wing" or even "alt-right". In our binary political system, people have a hard time describing people who oppose them without assuming they are members of the "others".