Difference between revisions of "The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism"
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# Libertarians assume that modern markets are "natural", and ignore the government institutions which create them. | # Libertarians assume that modern markets are "natural", and ignore the government institutions which create them. | ||
# Libertarianism privileges property rights (their "liberty") above all other values, redefining liberty in terms of property. | # Libertarianism privileges property rights (their "liberty") above all other values, redefining liberty in terms of property. | ||
| + | # Libertarians do not have a solution to the problem of freedom to sign away freedoms. Some think you should be able to sell yourself into slavery. | ||
# Libertarian economic arguments are based on multiple, conflicting, unrealistic economic models such as "economic man" or "rational" man. | # Libertarian economic arguments are based on multiple, conflicting, unrealistic economic models such as "economic man" or "rational" man. | ||
# Libertarians ignore anthropological knowledge of the nature of humans in favor of their idiotic ideology. | # Libertarians ignore anthropological knowledge of the nature of humans in favor of their idiotic ideology. | ||
