• edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Tankies are the ideological opposite but intellectual equivalent of libertarians, and it says a lot about society that anyone subscribes to either after high school.

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      USA libertarians, correct? Because I constitute as libertarian in not wanting many if any rulers above the common people. Just that I’m also left and don’t have a weird fascination with changing age of consent laws like right wing libertarians do.

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        Early twentieth century anarchists often described themselves as libertarians. If that’s what you mean, we can work together.

        US libertarians believe in a state that enforces private property laws but does nothing for the general welfare, basically gangsterism.

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          That’s what I mean, not the commonly viewed now Libertarian party in the USA. Freedoms and the only thing government should do is ensure those freedoms from bad actors until we no longer need such.