This is the thread to discuss Libertarianism of all types, the ideals associated with it, and new ideas for the ideology to cope with any problems you might see with it.
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Libertarianism: The Official Thread Of Freedom As An Ideology.
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This is the thread to discuss Libertarianism of all types, the ideals associated with it, and new ideas for the ideology to cope with any problems you might see with it.
Maybe you should start this by defining Libertairianism as opposed to Liberal (as the Democrats claim it)?
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
Welcome to the official thread of Anarchist, Minarchist and drunkards alike! I felt we needed a thread for this since we don't have one, despite more than a few people I know being on the freedom loving end of spectrum over fraternity.
This is the thread to discuss Libertarianism of all types, the ideals associated with it, and new ideas for the ideology to cope with any problems you might see with it.
I'll drop a link on my article that is somewhat relevant:
Tolkien’s Ideal of Monarchy
JRR Tolkien’s love of monarchy is seen through his work. Last third of the Lord of the Rings has return of the King to Gondor, and restoration of the monarchy – and this is linked inexorably …
politicalreactionary.wordpress.com
Anarcho-monarchism FTW!
As I've said before, Anarchy lasts only until someone or other gets a few lads together and starts forming a new government.
Minarchy, or king who wields just enough power to stop anyone else taking over, might be more promising.
Until some external enemy shows up.
Minarchy, or king who wields just enough power to stop anyone else taking over, might be more promising.
Until some external enemy shows up.
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
I'd say that anarcho-monarchism IS minarchism, just with a king added. Proper anarchism rejects any social structures at all, and that would naturally include a monarch.
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
It actually is, at least under the expanded definitions of anarchism. It isn't if you are using ancient definition of anarchism.
No, no it's not. It's hyperbolic and not intellectually honest at all to claim that wanting to limit government equates to not wanting it at all.
Some people are a bit prone to all-or-nothing thinking.
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
Anarcho-Monarchism | David Bentley Hart
The only thing I know that J.R.R. Tolkien and Salvador Dalí had in common—or rather, I suppose I should say, the only significant or unexpected thing, since they obviously had all sorts of other things in common: they were male, bipedal, human, rough contemporaries, celebrities, and so on—was...
www.firstthings.com
ParadiseLost
Well-known member
Only a Sith believes in absolutes.
Doesn't that very statement imply the speaker is stating an absolute...?
Abhishekm
Well-known member
I dream of a world where popculture quotes are treated as dumb again.
ParadiseLost
Well-known member
I dream of a world where popculture quotes are treated as dumb again.
I don't quote pop culture quotes to sound wise, I quote them for the lols.
Do other people do differently?!?
Abhishekm
Well-known member
Yes yes they do. Its creepy. Like people who honestly call their pets their kids.
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So a definition of libertarianism as a moral system is the NAP, or Non-Aggression Principle. Simply stated, don't attack people, and don't steal their stuff. Libertarianism as a political effort is trying to create a society that implements the NAP, which of course requires compromising the ideal to make it feasible.
Now why the non-aggression principle? There's a variety of arguments, but I take it as an axiom. It's wrong to attack people in a way that's both obvious and difficult to explain why without going in circles.
Finally, a major libertarian resource:
reason.com
Now why the non-aggression principle? There's a variety of arguments, but I take it as an axiom. It's wrong to attack people in a way that's both obvious and difficult to explain why without going in circles.
Finally, a major libertarian resource:
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Reason.com is the leading libertarian magazine and video website covering news, politics, culture, and more with reporting and analysis.
reason.com
ParadiseLost
Well-known member
The problem, of course, is that people are pretty much hard-wired to act in ways antithetical to that.
So? Moral systems aren't designed to be easy, they're designed to be moral. Otherwise we'd be tossing most religious morality, the very idea of self control over violent impulses, etc.
Abhishekm
Well-known member
Eh, agree on libertarianism but the NAP isn't THAT hard to argue against. Most stuff isn't. It boils down to "Why not?" and "I don't care".