Libertarian believe in the NAP, which is established a priori via argumentation. Libertarians apply the NAP to all contexts even if the consequence is unfavorable to them. If you value your cultural beliefs over the NAP, then you are not a libertarian. The NAP is the standard.
MAGA are a bunch of brain-dead, cucked, indoctrinated death cult members who have projected their sick 15-year-old boy fantasies on everyone as they cheer on the destruction of modern civilization. Fuck yourselves you pedo and child murder apologist fucks.
Hot take: @RepThomasMassie is a RINO because he actually supports liberty and opposes harming children. The modern republican party is anti-liberty, anti-principles, and anti-humanity. Calling Massie a republican is an insult.
When people like Austin say "redpilled about [power]" they inevitably mean falling into the same trap everyone else does about wielding political power. Was supporting Trump red pilled? Because now we have less liberty and less power than before. Such is the cycle.
Libertarians have good theories about private property, free markets, human liberty, but they do not have a coherent worldview when it comes to the nature of power. This is the why liberty is on the retreat. To turn it around, we must be redpilled about the nature of the threats we face, and the tools we have available to defend ourselves against them.
@AP4Liberty Most of what libertarians want can exist behind a closed and defended border.
If it's open, your society will be invaded and taken from you.
Someone smiling and being polite is a relevant factor in self-defense cases. Renee's demeanor plays into the ICE thug's state of mind, which is the crux of a self-defense case.
Podium guy a) is still alive, b) committed a worse crime (idc that he broke into the Capitol), and c) did not deserve to die for committing that crime.
Conservatives are trying every trick in the book to excuse a cold-blooded execution.
The conservative position is that government and socialist policies are inefficient, fiscally irresponsible, and doomed to fail. Hence why they want smaller government. That's why conservatives campaign like libertarians before governing...well like conservatives.
@MarketlyAnarchy Strawman. The claim shifted from conservatives want smaller government to conservatives believe all government functions are inefficient and prone to corruption. 😅
@MarketlyAnarchy Correct, they're not socialist.
Take Venezuela for example. The first thing Chavez did was have the state seize control of all of the oil, including Citgo. All of it.
You couldn't produce oil without beyond owned by the govt. Chavez wouldn't allow it.
That's socialism
@MarketlyAnarchy Is the means of production seized?
Because that is the core component of socialism, and that component is missing from government services.
If it was socialism, private security firms wouldn't exist, because they would've been nationalized by the state.
Socialism is an umbrella term that includes different mechanisms of enforcement. Communism, democratic socialism, national socialism, etc. Just because you like this form of socialism doesn't make it not socialist.
@MarketlyAnarchy Collective funding is a component of socialism, but it isn't the only component of socialism.
Seriously, like five minutes of research will do you wonders. I was you at one point, so I'm not gonna be too hard on you.
But it still isn't socialism
The State takes a monopoly of a sector and forces everyone to finance it so the State can distribute its services. That's literally socialism, no matter the mental gymnastics you play. State police = socialized production of security.
@MarketlyAnarchy No, it's not
It's seizing the means of production.
Government services like law enforcement and roads are not that.
I too was politically illiterate once upon a time
Without getting into the minarchy vs anarchy debate, if you believe all government sectors are inefficient and prone to corruption, you should be ESPECIALLY critical of "core...functions" to its operation and society.
@MarketlyAnarchy It's not a logical contradiction to give leeway to the two functions that are core to the function of a small state and more critical of functions that are superfluous. No more different than changing the oil on a car with a broken radio that never gets washed.
A lot of mental gymnastics to miss the OP's point. It is a logical contradiction to believe the government is inefficient and socialism is bad only to place socialized police and border enforcement on a pedestal beyond approach.
Conservatives don't believe the government should do nothing on all issues. That's hardcore libertarians/AnCaps.
Rather, conservatives believe government has a handful of legitimate roles it should be very active in, but should be hesitant go outside those roles. Border security and enforcing immigration laws are certainly one of the proper duties of government.
Also, it would be self-defeating for a small government advocate to be OK with open borders. Because the people entering will have kids who vote mostly for Democrats. Illegal immigration also shores up the population (and thus apportionment) of declining blue states. Were it not for illegal immigration, California's population would have declined for the first time ever.
Democrats have realized these electoral benefits, so they cynically flipped their position on illegal immigration from what it was two decades ago, when even Schumer was calling for a border wall. That's also why Biden let in millions.
"Triggered" went from fat blue-haired harpies screaming, crying, and trying to fire you to merely making a post disagreeing with the Right. How fantastic.