• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      12 days ago

      They are using the american definition of libertarian, which is basically a pseudoconservative.

      Quite different from the european definition, which includes leftist ideologies like libertarian marxism (which is in practice extremely close to anarcho-communism)

      • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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        12 days ago

        Yeah I consider myself an anarchist which is a subset of left wing libertarian so I was surprised. I didn’t know there are right wing libertarians that aren’t claiming to be anarcho-capitalists.

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          11 days ago

          Yeah, it’s like how as an American i have to call myself an anti-monarchist because republican means not quite the opposite here

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        Of all the age of consent arguments libertarians make this is by far the weakest. Age of consent is literally up to a vote and can be changed. Thats how Arizona got it’s Romeo and Juliett law in the first place.

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    12 days ago

    A libertarian is someone who knows the price of everything, the value of nothing, and the age of consent in every jurisdiction

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      “Libertarians are like house cats, they’re convinced of their fierce independence while dependent on a system they don’t appreciate or understand.”

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        12 days ago

        plenty of house cats survive just fine in the wild. its actually something of a problem. please leave house cats out of this.

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          11 days ago

          My house cat once went and hid under the bed because he was approached by an inquisitive guinea pig. I don’t think he’s surviving in the wild.

        • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
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          11 days ago

          Yeah, its actually well known that some places actually ask you NOT to let your cat outside as they destroy local wildlife.

    • Rakonat@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      The only individual liberties they are concerned with are their own, not those individual liberties of another person or people.

      And the liberties they most want are the ability to take away those of the people they wish to exploit.

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      12 days ago

      The key point is what liberties do they mean. And usually they mean the liberty to have sex with minor and/or effectively owning people.

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        11 days ago

        I’m hardcore socialist, but I have some libertarian friends that just want to smoke weed, they have more in common with anarchists than Republicans.

        I deeply hope that’s not a core tenant of libertarianism, how abhorrent.

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          11 days ago

          It’s not usually, the most extreme forms of libertarianism is the complete remove of government control over individual people, which includes a lack of age of consent laws and attracts a certain crowd.

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      11 days ago

      Sure, the same way conservatives value small government and fiscal responsibility.

      There’s definitely those who genuinely believe in those ideals, but they’re few and far between.