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Absolutely. Freedom of association depends entirely on government upholding the will of contract. What you describe is most definitely not libertarianism. Prob

• BaseballPhysics 4y ago
  > What you describe is most definitely not libertarianism. That's just a No True Scotsman fallacy. A libertarian would say that employees can choose their employers, and the employers can therefore dictate the term of employment. One of those terms can be "you are not allowed to freely associate with your fellow employees", and the libertarian would say "if you don't like it, don't work there. #freedom" The realist recognizes that the employer-employee relationship is one that contains a significant imbalance of power, and that it requires a government to step in and put their finger on the scale in order to ensure fair and equitable treatment of employees. This isn't theory, it's practical reality that we learned from the post-industrial sweatshop era where child labor was the norm and employees had no rights to speak of. Now, go ahead, feel free to define your personal belief set as "libertarian" if you want. But if you support government regulating the employer-employee relationship, you are not, by any definition I'm aware of, a libertarian.