Reading Time: 5 minutes Freedom-loving libertarians who build communities under the assumption that natural resources are unlimited discover, to their dismay, that this isn’t so.
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The local Arizona news story that haunts my career
Reading Time: 3 minutes The news is … not great. Let’s talk about the olds. Specifically, a story about a story that I covered in my days as a young freelance writer in Arizona. Is this the Arizona that conservatives want? As we approach the 2022 election, Arizona is decidedly a bellwether state. Will it (finally) flip blue? Or […]
Posted inEthics and Morality, Politics
Faux Libertarians Are Really Authoritarians
Reading Time: < 1 minute I recently recorded this YouTube video to express my annoyance with people who claim to be political libertarians. This includes almost half of the US electorate, the small-government political right. I wrote about this a few years ago with regard to Nigel Farage’s supposedly libertarian party, UKIP: “Being skeptical about UKIP and their claims; Are […]
Posted inEnvironment, Health, Politics
Libertarianism, “I’m Alright, Jack”, the Free Market and Pandemics
Reading Time: 3 minutes Something that I have noticed about libertarians is that they invariably seem to be people who have everything alright, thank you very much. It just so happens that their health is fine and they have a pretty good job. Many of them are comfortably middle class, and those who are working class are often convinced […]
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Political Compass
Reading Time: < 1 minute The political compass is always worth doing to see where you fit on a more pluralistic spectrum other than a simple left/right continuum. It works between left and right, authoritarian and libertarian. I think it’s genuinely quite accurate with its appraisal. I do get annoyed at answering questions simplistically where, as a philosopher, I really […]
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“Socialism Is Evil”; Yeah, Not a Good Time to Be a Libertarian…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Socialism is evil! Venezuela! Communism! CORONAVIRUS… Government, please bail us out! Please help us! Let’s work together to make sure of this and of that… Let’s nationalise private healthcare provision in the short term… Let’s…Let’s… I’ve heard assaults democratic socialism, social democracies, mixed economies – the lot – over the years from members of the […]
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On Free Market Economics: Free Market Success Stories
Reading Time: 32 minutes Buckle up, this is another sizeable piece… (my series conclusion is below too, so don’t miss that). In this series looking skeptically at libertarian claims of free market capitalism being the holy grail of all of reality, I have come to the section where I cast a skeptical eye over some of the more common […]
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On Free Market Economics: No True Capitalism
Reading Time: 13 minutes Here is my second post in my series on free market skepticism (here is my first). I will start you off with this comment: However let’s move onto your left-wing economic degenerate lies where you say You then hit out with this garbage in response to me stating that free markets have never failed; “That’s because you […]
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Quote of the Day: islandbrewer on Libertarianism
Reading Time: < 1 minute I love this quote, that came out of a burgeoning thread on libertarianism: Singapore is relatively more free than the vast majority of nations. I’d much rather live in Singapore than … Australia. Really? Death-penalty-for-drug-crimes and caning-for-chewing-gum and no-free-press Singapore is more free than Australia? Oh, wait … no … you’re one of those “Liberty=maximizing […]
Posted inEthics and Morality, Politics
Why Are There No Libertarian Countries?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Steven Pinker on universal rights and libertarianism: And if you have time, Pinker on the Joe Rogan show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUDAdOdF6Zg