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That's where the "universalism" piece comes from. It's the belief that deep down everyone on the planet is a liberal, and is therefore hostile to other ways of
by pphysch 5y ago
That's where the "universalism" piece comes from. It's the belief that deep down everyone on the planet is a liberal, and is therefore hostile to other ways of thinking.
Yes, superficially it is very different to libertarianism. But stick a libertarian in a big city for a few years and they will realize how silly libertarianism is (there's too many people for it) and transition into a liberal universalist.
- ceilingcorner 5y agoSorry but I think they are entirely different things with entirely different lineages. Woke comes from the Puritans, (American) libertarians come from the Western frontier.
- pphysch 5y ago... Where do you think the Western frontier settlers came from?
- ceilingcorner 5y agoThe western settlers were a quite diverse group. Many came from the South. They certainly didn’t all come from a narrow group in one region of the northeast? This is...basic history.
- pphysch 5y agoExactly, they were virtually all Anglo Christian immigrants, and voluntary immigration selects for individualism. Same genotype, different phenotype.
- ceilingcorner 5y agoYou have changed the goal posts about three times now. I said Puritans and Libertarians, not Anglo Christians.
- pphysch 5y agoAre you going to claim that American Puritans & Libertarians don't have the same strong Anglo Christian roots?