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Do you have any good links that explain more? In my mind the ideas of socialism and libertarianism are polar opposites.

TotalCrackpot 3y ago
It's probably best to watch some YT videos by Anark https://www.youtube.com/@Anark https://www.youtube.com/@Anark or Andrewism https://www.youtube.com/@Andrewism https://www.youtube.com/@Andrewism on Youtube. Anark is very pedantic which I like, while Andrewism is more chill. Take your time especially with Anark's videos, cause they are veeeeery pedantic and can overwhelm with their information content.
harimau777 3y ago
Libertarian socialism tends to reject both corporate power/ownership and state power/ownership in favor of worker led ownership. They aren't necessarily libertarian socialism per se, but there area also lots of variations of socialism that combine social liberalism with economic socialism or which are fine with greater collectivism but reject central planning.
amalcon 3y ago
I'm guessing you're a fellow American? Or talk to a lot of Americans online? Here, for some reason, left-libertarians barely seem to exist compared to right-libertarians. They aren't that uncommon elsewhere, though. The distinction is mainly that they want to weaken power structures of all sorts, not just governments. Wikipedia on left-libertarianism isn't too bad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism), though notably missing a "Criticism" section. Note that I don't endorse the views described in that article. I am expressing neither support nor opposition for left-libertarianism as a political philosophy. I have zero interest in debating the merits or demerits here at this time; I'm only trying to answer a question.
s1artibartfast 3y ago
Here are some links to get you started. If you asked about my idea economic philosophy 10 years ago, I probably would have gone on at length about Proudon's Mutualism. However, now I think that like Georgism/LVT, it is outdated due to the focus on Material means of production, and doesnt account for the increasing importance of white collar knowledge work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon#Philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon#Philoso... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(economic_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(economic_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism

It's probably best to watch some YT videos by Anark https://www.youtube.com/@Anark https://www.youtube.com/@Anark or Andrewism https://www.youtube.com/@Andrewism https://www.youtube.com/@Andrewism on Youtube. Anark is very pedantic which I like, while Andrewism is more chill. Take your time especially with Anark's videos, cause they are veeeeery pedantic and can overwhelm with their information content.

harimau777 3y ago

Libertarian socialism tends to reject both corporate power/ownership and state power/ownership in favor of worker led ownership. They aren't necessarily libertarian socialism per se, but there area also lots of variations of socialism that combine social liberalism with economic socialism or which are fine with greater collectivism but reject central planning.

amalcon 3y ago

I'm guessing you're a fellow American? Or talk to a lot of Americans online? Here, for some reason, left-libertarians barely seem to exist compared to right-libertarians. They aren't that uncommon elsewhere, though. The distinction is mainly that they want to weaken power structures of all sorts, not just governments. Wikipedia on left-libertarianism isn't too bad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism), though notably missing a "Criticism" section. Note that I don't endorse the views described in that article. I am expressing neither support nor opposition for left-libertarianism as a political philosophy. I have zero interest in debating the merits or demerits here at this time; I'm only trying to answer a question.

s1artibartfast 3y ago

Here are some links to get you started. If you asked about my idea economic philosophy 10 years ago, I probably would have gone on at length about Proudon's Mutualism. However, now I think that like Georgism/LVT, it is outdated due to the focus on Material means of production, and doesnt account for the increasing importance of white collar knowledge work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon#Philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon#Philoso... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(economic_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(economic_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism