Re:Washington state approves capital gains tax
by fighterpilot on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:53PM
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Suppose for argument's sake that climate change is both significantly driven by humans and that it poses a real and grave risk.
What would be the Libertarian solution to that, and what would be its justification?
I've heard Yaron Brooks, who I usually agree with, on this topic but he seems to downplay negative externalities, which I view as a non-starter, given that they clearly exist and in some cases are large in magnitude (e.g. dumping of chemicals in a river).
> serious flaws with that [1]
> That is an extreme over simplification
What state apparatus do they want? Police, courts, etc. These all have the purpose of protecting individual A from individual B by using force (arrest, prison, fines, etc) on individual B if they commit violence/fraud/etc against A.
I perhaps shouldn't have used the word "Libertarian" for that though since that's a broader category.
First principles of libertarian axiom is not the Non-Aggression Principle as many believe, in fact there are some serious flaws with that [1], libertarianism is more accurately stated as having a foundational principle of Self Ownership [2], from this the non-aggression principle can be derived however like with many other things non-aggression can not be viewed as an absolute, if it is then every breath you exhale is an act of aggression....
[1] https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/six-reasons-libertarians...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9srplWe_QQ
>> The role of the state in a Libertarian framework is to protect individuals from such unwanted force by enacting force onto the aggressor.
That is an extreme over simplification of what a libertarian framework is, and stated in the way you have could betray the libertarian principles as it seems to have with in it a justification for the initiation of violence, something that would counter the libertarian ideology