tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post927970375402221759..comments2023-12-29T18:13:21.495-06:00Comments on pink scare: They're not 'libertarians', follow-upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-39965996110623721122009-09-08T22:49:48.814-05:002009-09-08T22:49:48.814-05:00You still haven't provided a definition. Are ...You still haven't provided a definition. Are you unable to provide one? Or one that is more than an "advertisement"?<br /><br />Toolbit out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-60524089221520417652009-09-08T22:43:50.457-05:002009-09-08T22:43:50.457-05:00"Libertarianism is the political ideology tha..."Libertarianism is the political ideology that encourages the maximum amount of individual liberty". <br /><br />Right, and Budweiser is the King of Beers, because Budweiser says so. <br /><br />Look, I thought we already went through this. It's tendentious to just say "X politics stands for maximal freedom". Every politics *talks* about freedom, but that's not enough. One needs an argument to show why that's the case, and I gave a series of arguments that showed why anarcho-capitalists (or 'libertarians' or 'freedomloverstoothemax' or whatever) don't care for freedom first and foremost, but capitalism and private property. <br /><br />You're 'working definition' reads like an advertisement. <br /><br />We don't need a thick conception of democracy to make the point that 'freedomloverstoothemax' are opposed to it. Take merely a set of democratic procedures that elect representatives. The libertarian view is that this procedure shouldn't have a major role in social and political life; markets should determine how resources are allocated, and if somethings to be done it must only be because someone with money to invest wants it to come to pass for some reason. In a 'free market' paradise, one's freedom is proportional to the amount of money one has (this is why 'libertarians' or whatever frequently argue that people ought to 'vote with their dollars'). Well, the more dollars you have the more votes. You get the idea.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268192967377248928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-45239414525617447662009-09-08T22:20:30.993-05:002009-09-08T22:20:30.993-05:00Pink Scare,
You know, I tried to engage you on th...Pink Scare,<br /><br />You know, I tried to engage you on this, and yet much of what I had to say was ignored. I wonder, are you really interested in answers to your questions, or is this mental masturbation for you? Do you just want to say what you want and have a couple comments by people who agree? If so, I'm fine with leaving you alone, but what can you say if you don't subject your thoughts to the scrutiny of others?<br /><br />But I'll give you another chance, and put the ball back in your court. First, it's a dull preliminary, but you really ought to define your terms. What do you mean by democracy? And, if you use a more standard definition of libertarianism, how do the two compare and contrast? I'll give you my working definition of libertarianism and let you decide.<br /><br />My working definition is, "Libertarianism is the political ideology that encourages the maximum amount of individual liberty, so long as it doesn't impinge upon the rights (I'm willing to quibble over that word) of others, and a minimalist view of government in the lives of individuals."<br /><br />I'll cut it off here. You're also welcome to answer my previously unanswered questions, and I do like that you have a new post in which to address what was formally a tangential matter. If you don't respond I'll assume you just don't like opposition.<br /><br />Toolbit out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-48089400814819888592009-09-08T21:44:26.682-05:002009-09-08T21:44:26.682-05:00woops - turns out "plutophile" already m...woops - turns out "plutophile" already means love of wealth. Damn linguistsprobablynotanonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-89243294313141787172009-09-08T20:57:02.438-05:002009-09-08T20:57:02.438-05:00plutocriphile maybe?
pluotophile rolls off the to...plutocriphile maybe?<br /><br />pluotophile rolls off the tounge more easily, but is less specific (and could be confused with "plutophile" - lover of things Pluto)probablynotanonymousnoreply@blogger.com