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A libertarian myself thanks for asking.
Someone who doesn't want to pay taxes or follow age of consent laws all while co-opting an anarchist term for themselves?
Not everyone has US brain rot, in most of Europe "libertarian" still means "anarchist"
Nah as using it with some respect to its orgins of being coined by Joseph Déjaque as a synonym to anarchism as it was illegal at the time. Personally use it as an umbrella term for anti-authoritarian socialist thought. Not whatever "Libertarians" do in the USA.
Are you also into boats?
...no reason
No? I prefer trains. (Not referring to anything special its just that public tranport is goated)
Libertarian regimes have a big history of being obsessed with sea nations, is all, almost comically.
I believe they are saying libertarian leftist, not hyper capitalist nutjob lol
Correct. Felt like risking using the word without redundant labels when answering "What kind of leftist are you?". Results could be better but it was kinda fun seeing so many responses ngl
I'm pretty authoritarian-leftist, but I have some respect for libertarians after reading Scott Alexander. Do you know his blog?
Also what kind of authoritarian leftist are you? The left landscape is kind of weak where I am so I am actually member of an authoritarian leftist party as they are the only ones locally I know whose comfortable carrying the label of revolutionary. Feels like grasping at straws but its something for now maybe.
I'm happy to hear stories like this, at least we can put our differences aside in some cases haha.
Can't say I heard of him. I try focusing on reading anarchist theory atm. Halfway though conquest of bread at least. Though some personalities like Noam Chomsky and David Graeber are interesting.
I really don't get anarchist theory. What is anarchism's response to requirement for the regulation of certain things? Pollution, nuclear waste, existential threats (AI in n decades?) etc. How's the conquest of bread?
Regarding Scott Alexander, who I can't be entirely sure is a libertarian but at least on occasion he claims to be, I liked his essay Meditations on Moloch.
Eeew
Eeew? Sad leftist noises Can't we just conquer bread or something together? sniff sniff