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> Redistribution is about giving everyone a stake in upholding a free society for everyone else. That's what actually makes for "freedom, as much as possible".
by unishark 6y ago
> Redistribution is about giving everyone a stake in upholding a free society for everyone else. That's what actually makes for "freedom, as much as possible".
I think it's arguments like these (going back to conflict with socialists over such definitions) which lead to libertarians claiming they do not base their philosophy on "freedom" but rather "liberty". Which they more narrowly define as something like the freedom specifically from external force. Not the freedom to do whatever the hell you want no matter who it hurts etc.
- Kbelicius 6y agoThen what do libertarians think that freedom means in this context? Because in this context it certainly doesn't mean "do whatever the hell you want no matter who it hurts" as you put it.
- unishark 6y agoThat sentence was put there to make the point which you missed anyway. The principle is pretty much the same in any context. Freedom is the absence of restriction, for example the restrictions against violating others rights by taking their property. To restate the point in a less triggering way.