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You can see from some of the comments the sort of nonsense that is standing in the way of just being left alone. I don't know when or how things got this bad, b
by version_five 4y ago
You can see from some of the comments the sort of nonsense that is standing in the way of just being left alone. I don't know when or how things got this bad, but i suspect HN comments are not very representative of reality, even amongst the readership here, just some vocal kids
- xupybd 4y agoI suspect we've had good times for so long people don't understand why it's so important to safe guard our freedoms.
- Bakary 4y agoHow would you define being left alone? It is currently based on a very specific mixture of laws and customs that foster private property and other such concepts. You're also dependent on the safety and/or infrastructure in your local area. The wealth that makes this all possible in a developed country isn't attained by leaving people alone, either. I would contend that the idea of being conceptually separated from the community in a Randian sense IS the childlike fairytale in a way. Besides, there is a perfectly libertarian or even ancap way of looking at the advertisement problem. Billboards affect the quality of a city, and most of the people it affects aren't getting paid proceeds. So they can gang up together to ask for a better deal. And if they can't then they are being restricted by some non-libertarian force.
- cgrealy 4y ago> I suspect HN comments are not very representative of reality You're correct about that, but not in the way you think. This site actually tends to lean more libertarian than most people in the real world.