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470 sats \ 2 replies \ @aljaz 12 Jan \ on: Milei is a vintage Latin American populist inflationist - Saifedean thread econ
i hope at some point the world sees that no politician will solve all of their problems. Some might do some good to improve quality of life for people (like bukele in el salvador) but as long as politicians exist as profession their interest is ultimately never aligned with yours because they need someone to rule over and steal from.
People equally mostly want to be ruled.
Put most people in a situation where there is no government and they will very swiftly organise to put some form of government in place.
WHY?
Because humans are weak and vulnerable individually and only as an organised group can they gain collective power wealth and security.
This simple and self evident reality seems to go wooooosh over the heads of Libertarians.
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Noone is saying that everyone needs to lone wolf it. People organizing in groups does not immediately result into a dystopian nanny state that is trying to inject itself into every facet of your life. There is incredible benefit of companionship and community and that has been proven through the history of civilization.
the point of individual freedom is that organization is voluntary, not coerced. Which is a bit different that the current reality. Seeking solutions within systems that depend on them not finding solutions is basic incentive misalignment, not a fail of any libertarian idea.
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