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The process of making sure people aren't hurting others is called "government" and "regulation", which self-professed Libertarians appear to be against. They sa
by dTal 7y ago
The process of making sure people aren't hurting others is called "government" and "regulation", which self-professed Libertarians appear to be against. They say things like "the FDA is stupid, the free market will sort it out" - when the FDA was created because the free market was killing people.
Vis a vis classism, if you refuse to regulate and allow everyone to be "free to choose", you are essentially advocating a dog-eat-dog world where people with money and power consolidate more and more of it. This is "feudalism" and it generally results in a raw deal for the poor.
- WalterBright 7y ago> which self-professed Libertarians appear to be against. That's conflating Anarchists with Libertarians. Libertarians are not Anarchists. Feudalism is something different altogether.
- mftrhu 7y ago> Libertarians are not Anarchists. Unless with "libertarians" you are referring to ancaps, this is just false. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Rise_of_anarchism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Rise_of_anarchi...
- WalterBright 7y agoLibertarianism relies on government to enforce peoples' rights. Anarchism is fundamentally different.