141 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 16 Jun \ on: The Libertarian-to-Fascist Pipeline libertarian
Talk about a straw man
It is often said by negative rights theorists that “a right is something you can do alone on a deserted island”. But if that’s what’s being used to define what a right is, and the corollary to that, is that’s what defines the contours of what freedom is, then I think it’s pretty strange that people’s dreams of absolute freedom don’t typically entail being stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean.
The logical problem with positive rights is that if my right requires me to violate your rights we have a broken theory. And correct me if I'm wrong but negative rights predates libertarianism and today is still held by some conservatives.
Not sure who has very said the NAP is the single ethical principal to base a society upon either. But I think its pretty good. I guess I could say this guy is OK committing violence against others that haven't committed violence themselves?
From where I sit the modern D/R parties are pretty fascist to me. Much more than any libertarian thinkers. This article was full of platitude but lack coherent arguments.
A much better argument is one where you are honest about the flaws in all systems and acknowledge that no system will be just and humane without people that value those principles. This guy seems to be saying that these libertarian ideals could lead to a world that looks a lot like the one we live in now.
Am I missing something? This article sounds like drivel to me. I don't call myself a libertarian any more for some of the same reasons @k00b describes but I do think those ideas are very American and better than those of the right and left political parties.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 16 Jun
No, you're not missing anything. It's drivel.
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