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Serious question: Would it be safe to say that not all self-professed libertarians agree on the definition of libertarianism? I've suspected this is the case.
by cleaver 13y ago
Serious question: Would it be safe to say that not all self-professed libertarians agree on the definition of libertarianism? I've suspected this is the case.
- zanny 13y agoLiberals and conservatives won't agree on their defintions either. Communism has been routinely redefined throughout history. A philosophy of society is always a malleable nebulous concept.
- rodgerd 13y agoLibertarians, however, seem mongst the quickest to head straight to the No True Scotsman fallacy.
- 3pt14159 13y agoBecause we actually believe in something. Most conservatives and liberals don't have a consistent moral philosophy so there is no point debating them.
- cleaver 13y agoI've been trying to narrow in on that consistent moral philosophy for various ism's. I'm not sure I've gotten very close in most cases except the general concept of tribalism. Every ism seems to be willing to bend the rules if it is perceived to be the common wisdom of the tribe.
- rodgerd 13y agoAn ever shifting mire of something which varies from libertarian to libertarian, all insisting the other isn't the real libertarian.
- fleitz 13y agoYes, what's most important is that you're for freedom, whatever that means. Libertarianism = Freedom. Communism = Freedom. Liberals = Freedom. Conservatives = Freedom. North Korea = Freedom. USA = Freedom. Seriously what country isn't free? Who is against freedom?
- dtsygankov 13y agoLibertarians and communists are probably the only ones on this list who have actually made any attempts to define "freedom" in a consistent and location-independent way?