Difference between revisions of "The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism"
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# Libertarianism is domineering and totalitarian: nothing and nobody is excused from ownership and markets. No matter how impractical markets might be. | # Libertarianism is domineering and totalitarian: nothing and nobody is excused from ownership and markets. No matter how impractical markets might be. | ||
# Libertarian views of society are dog-eat-dog in the market and servitude, charity, poverty or starvation for the losers. | # Libertarian views of society are dog-eat-dog in the market and servitude, charity, poverty or starvation for the losers. | ||
+ | # It's an ideology that glorifies and justifies selfishness by painting altruism and empathy as evil. | ||
# Libertarians want to dictate which freedoms we get for all time, and don't want to allow others to choose their freedoms. | # Libertarians want to dictate which freedoms we get for all time, and don't want to allow others to choose their freedoms. | ||
# Libertarians ignore ideas of equality and justice except to make the ludicrous claim that markets provide them. | # Libertarians ignore ideas of equality and justice except to make the ludicrous claim that markets provide them. |