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There’s a difference between the libertarian fantasy of personal responsibility and the reality that many people do not behave with the best interest of others
by brokencode 5y ago
There’s a difference between the libertarian fantasy of personal responsibility and the reality that many people do not behave with the best interest of others in mind.
If you are unaware of how resistant self-described “libertarians” are to wearing masks, taking vaccines, or reducing their carbon emissions, then you are the one who is ignorant.
If you want to say that those people are not true libertarians, fine, but I don’t see how you can pretend that relying on personal responsibility is actually effective.
- kortilla 5y agoI am a self-described libertarian and I wear masks, took the vaccines, and am super careful about my carbon emissions. You’re associating anti-science with libertarians, which is just lazy. Not poisoning and killing others is a pretty core tenant of individual liberty.
- tchaffee 5y agoRand Paul is also a self-described libertarian and I would guess gets far more attention than you do. He was recently banned from YouTube for his videos about masks. And he still will not accept the scientific consensus about climate change. Seriously disturbing stuff. So yeah, it's not exactly just lazy to associate anti-science stuff with libertarians when that association is both real and comes from popular folks who reach a lot of people. But sincerely thanks for being a better person than some of the libertarians that have a bigger audience. I appreciate you being super careful about your carbon emissions. I am curious though - do you simply leave carbon emissions to personal choice and hope that everyone is as respectful of our shared resources as you are?