Difference between revisions of "The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism"
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# Libertarians lie about the "free market": it is only an academic model. Actual markets differ enormously from the assumptions and behaviors of free market models. | # Libertarians lie about the "free market": it is only an academic model. Actual markets differ enormously from the assumptions and behaviors of free market models. | ||
# 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. | ||
| + | # Libertarian ideology pretends that society is so simple that maximizing one axis ("freedom") while ignoring others will lead to optimal results. | ||
# It's an ideology that glorifies and justifies selfishness by painting altruism and empathy as evil. | # It's an ideology that glorifies and justifies selfishness by painting altruism and empathy as evil. | ||
# Libertarianism is a haven for angry racists, men's rights advocates, sovereign citizens, militias, child abusers, spouse abusers, scammers, frauds and others too noxious for ordinary society. | # Libertarianism is a haven for angry racists, men's rights advocates, sovereign citizens, militias, child abusers, spouse abusers, scammers, frauds and others too noxious for ordinary society. | ||
