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I'm genuinely curious - this is the first I've heard of those countries being referred to as "libertarian." What makes them libertarian? Among other things, th
by geofft 5y ago
I'm genuinely curious - this is the first I've heard of those countries being referred to as "libertarian." What makes them libertarian?
Among other things, they all have substantial taxes (in the 25-40% of take-home income range) and use it to fund substantial civic infrastructure / state-run welfare. My understanding is that libertarianism is generally sympathetic to the position that taxation is theft, and libertarianism is incompatible with large governments and large social safety nets. But it seems like I'm missing something.
(I usually see these countries being described as social-democratic - is that incorrect?)
- bestcoder69 5y agoI'm joking about how - Nordic countries nearly always beat all other countries in health, happiness, or any similar fundamental, well-being metrics. - This libertarian think tank, to a degree, is just making stuff up, and somehow the Nordics win here, as well. - People seem to love to claim those countries are Not Socialist for really superficial reasons, or by playing pointless games with categorization.
- geofft 5y agoOh I totally missed that this was from Cato, got it :)