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Miyazaki disavowed communism as a viable option in the mid 90s. In any case, I don't think he even was a communist - if you actually read about what he dislikes about capitalism, he comes across as more of a Tolkienesque anti-industrialist than an actual communist.

Its not really relevant what I define as Libertarian. I think most "Libertarian" ideological variations ultimately lead down the same path, even if they differ on a few details.

Libertarians are as detached from reality as Marxists. The fundamental contradiction of libertarianism being 'freedom as an ideology' is that, like Communism, any 'Libertarian' government would have to use significant force to 'enforce' its Libertarianism on an unwilling populace. For example...

@Abhishekm This. I think that just about every highly intelligent, sane, ethically-minded person would agree with the NAP in theory. The problem is that in reality most humans are not highly intelligent, a significant minority are not sane, and most people are only considered with ethics to...

The problem, of course, is that people are pretty much hard-wired to act in ways antithetical to that.

I don't quote pop culture quotes to sound wise, I quote them for the lols. Do other people do differently?!?

Only a Sith believes in absolutes.