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> Socialism is not a great ideology if it's applied indiscriminately, but at least it has useful real world applications in some areas. This is literally what
by vxNsr 4y ago
> Socialism is not a great ideology if it's applied indiscriminately, but at least it has useful real world applications in some areas.
This is literally what I said and is also true for libertarianism, your false analogy notwithstanding.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoIt is not true for libertarianism simply because it is far too enamoured with the Smithian ideal of the self-interested rational actor. While this has been a useful model in economics, it is not an actual description of the world, which economics has had to come to terms with as a field. That's why libertarian ideals only makes sense in fantasy land and don't map onto the world. Most people are not acting only in self interest.