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Pretty much. Some of these would probably turn out to be more popular than others. It would be contradictory for libertarians to try to impose their systems on
by incompatible 6y ago
Pretty much. Some of these would probably turn out to be more popular than others. It would be contradictory for libertarians to try to impose their systems on others against their will. But given the unpopularity of libertarian parties in elections, libertarianism is unlikely to be implemented, even on an experimental basis. What finished off the 1930s anarchists in Spain? It's not a very well-run economic experiment when it's shut down by Marxists and Fascists. A bit more tolerance would be helpful.
- SllX 6y agoI paid minimal attention to the Libertarian Party nomination debates, but from what I heard when Justin Amash briefly considered running for President as a Libertarian, the debates within the Party were centered around running to win versus just trying to influence the direction of the Overton window. I suspect Amash chose not to proceed because he realized that the Libertarian Party while not without worth, does not have the killer instinct to actually win elections and that will forever hamper their effectiveness. Amash wanted to win. I have strong libertarian sympathies, but the reason I’m not a full throated libertarian is that it isn’t an ideology that effectively seeks to acquire power, and without being able to win elections, they can never pave the way for the society they seek, nor would it be able to withstand aggressive neighbors or slight changes in values across the community. A libertarian state is transient at best. I also don’t want to prop up SEZs that would massively violate peoples’ natural rights for the sake of experimentation. Freedom is without Kings or Serfs or Slaves.