𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞

Liberaltarian, Individualist, & Cosmopolite - Panarchy Advocate - Professional Historian, Amateur Philosopher 🗽🌐🏗️🔰🦬

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

I didn't think this need to be said, but:

My country is not your gated community.🗽

[Josiah Lippincott @jlippincott]

The flood of Indian H-1B visas that Silicon Valley will import over the next five years will do to the White middle class what Mexican migration and outsourcing did to White working class Americans.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@dannycantalk @shijima_chan460 I think actions speak louder than words, especially when alternatives are available. If he's as if not more successful as anyone in his industries, then he can afford to put his money where his mouth is.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@NeoRothbardian Maybe that's why I find him impulsive and disagreeable at times: he's a night owl, I'm a morning bird. 😅

[Kaleidic Riot 🏴 🏳️‍🌈 @BadmenBad]

Liberalism is supposed to be a philosophy of freedom.

Self-proclaimed liberals who abandon the presumption of liberty have lost sight of their purported worldview.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@tlo5c @SimonCa00488810 @JoshEakle Good governance, in short, does not equal "perfect governance." Its closer approximation is "responsive and rational governance".

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@tlo5c @SimonCa00488810 @JoshEakle Liberals will often disagree on implementing good governance, and mistakes can and are made in the process. Authoritarians maximize and exacerbate these mistakes for their own ends. At these times, liberals have to both combat authoritarianism and fix their mistakes.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@JulieBorowski Most libertarians who are derided as "beltway" or "liberaltarians" are typically more capable of seeing how to implement specific policies to address existing issues.

Your problem is with the terminally online AnCaps, Hoppeans, and keyboard libertarians.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@SimonCa00488810 @JoshEakle Liberalism as a tradition has struggled off and on ever since its conception. The difference is that liberals have a track record of adapting, reviving, and succeeding in their delivery of good governance.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@9516Wesley @OverSpring_wiki @c4ssdotorg Self-liking posts is for Hoppeans, broski

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@9516Wesley @OverSpring_wiki @c4ssdotorg (i.e. no right to repair)

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@9516Wesley @OverSpring_wiki @c4ssdotorg When you buy something or are given a thing and your retention of it is contingent on you continuing to do or not do something with it (outside the harm principle, NAP, etc.), you don't own it. A lot of agriculture equipment with smart technology is a case in point.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@9516Wesley @OverSpring_wiki @c4ssdotorg He "did" them? As in, he put into practice his design for a private government? 😂

HOAs already exist, my dude. He didn't invent squat.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@9516Wesley @OverSpring_wiki @c4ssdotorg What Hoppe's covenant communities (i.e. private governments) do is enforce regulation through covenant contracts.

Also, purchasing the land via covenants wouldn't entitle you to ownership, but rather socially conditional rent. This is something Hoppeans like to ignore.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@9516Wesley @OverSpring_wiki @c4ssdotorg "Banned by the private charter for the covenant communities"
Just say private government, brother. It's simpler and doesn't credit Hoppe with coming up with something wholly novel.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@9516Wesley @OverSpring_wiki @c4ssdotorg Cool. They're still not NAP, law of equal liberty, or harm principle violations.

[Amanda Griffiths 🍌 @AjaxtheGriff]

Today, and in the absence of any evidence, Putin's Ministry of Justice has declared the Libertarian Party of Russia a "foreign agent" in another despicable state attempt to silence dissenting voices deemed a threat to the status quo.

In light of these events, the Libertarian Party of Russia has released the statement below.

"Today, the Ministry of Justice added our party to the notorious register of 'foreign agents,' created for the sole purpose of preventing the existence of any alternative opinion that differs from the official position of the state.

Those who have followed our activities for a long time know perfectly well that we have never received support from abroad or any foreign funding and have never had any ties to foreign organizations.

As advocates of individual liberty, freedom of speech, and freedom of association, all of which are enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, we condemn any attempts to exert pressure on our fellow party members, including the imposition of absurd statuses that have no legal basis, no connection to physical reality or common sense, and that contradict the country’s fundamental law.

Our party was established exclusively to carry out educational, social, humanitarian, and political activities for the benefit of Russia. We love our homeland, defend the interests of our fellow citizens, and have always been proud to do so.

We are currently discussing the situation with our lawyers.

Libertarian Party of Russia"

I am proud to stand with LP Russia and all who advocate for self-determination, freedom of exchange, and civil liberties in the worldwide fight against totalitarianism, imperialism, and oppression.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@jameswrice2000 (in other words, someone who wants to collectivize society by force is evil; your average dude who wants to implement universal healthcare is just mistaken. Practice Hanlon's Razor, when possible)

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

It's a common, passing sentiment from one of many similar accounts, but the framing of political opponents as "subhuman" always worries me.

It's a historically recurring means of denying personhood, autonomy, and, eventually, rights.

[HoppeanJuuzou ☭⃠ @HoppeanGhoul]

Leftists are subhuman scum.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@jameswrice2000 Calling them subhuman is more than an epistemological error... It's the prior step to denying them the rights we claim to defend.

Calling them evil is better, but often I still think it's overused and exaggerated for even the most minor of opponents.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

@TheCaptTenneal @ChaseForLiberty You showed me nothing of the kind, sir. You just doubled down on your assertion and failed to demonstrate an understanding of historical deism.

Also, describing historians as shitbags presupposes that you believe them to be pushing an agenda, rather than explaining how they are.

[𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖞 @CalderaRed]

If we're to promote a "culture of liberty," dehumanization of any expression cannot be a part of it.