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libertarians would be (and are) completely opposed to basic income! Basic income is basically a monetary redistribution, which aligns more with socialism than a

• dragonwriter 12y ago
  > libertarians would be (and are) completely opposed to basic income! Many libertarians are not. > Basic income is basically a monetary redistribution OTOH, for many libertarians, its a more liberty-preserving one than means-tested welfare programs that it would replace. > which aligns more with socialism than anything else. While in the US, libertarianism is often associated with right libertarianism, and socialism is often associated with Soviet-style communism and other authoritarianisms, libertarian socialism is a real thing.
  • TheHydroImpulse 12y ago
    >Many libertarians are not. Libertarian socialism is real, but does not represent the most popular use of the term libertarian. I'd also say the same thing for anarcho-capitalism, which is also often put under the libertarian umbrella.
    • dragonwriter 12y ago
      > Libertarian socialism is real, but does not represent the most popular use of the term libertarian. Libertarians who are not opposed to basic income are not exclusively libertarian socialists. To understand this, its useful to understand that BI isn't on top of existing programs, it replaces programs that involve government making more choices about who gets benefits, and what form those benefits take.