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It’s not a Reddit thing. I also remember the days when everyone online was a libertarian. But Conservatives then turned to nationalist ideologies that don’t emp
by foldr 2y ago
It’s not a Reddit thing. I also remember the days when everyone online was a libertarian. But Conservatives then turned to nationalist ideologies that don’t emphasize the free market, that are anti-immigration, and that take a dim view of personal sexual freedom. There are fewer people expressing libertarian points of view all over the shop. There’s a good article about it here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/the-individualists-radicals-reactionaries-and-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-libertarianism-book-review-matt-zwolinski-john-tomasi https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/the-individual...
- Dalewyn 2y ago[flagged]
- foldr 2y agoNope. I’ve just been around long enough to observe the overall shifts in political discourse that have occurred since the early 2000s.
- fwip 2y agoI used to be a libertarian too, when I was 17 years old and I thought I was the smartest person in the room. Then I realized that my kindergarten teacher was onto something when she told us we should be nice and share our toys, and I grew up.
- foldr 2y agoLibertarianism was never my thing, but I get the impression that it's not as popular with people in their teens and twenties now as it was in the 2000s.