Re:You're in a Cult
by TheOtherHobbes on Monday November 21, 2022 @04:35AM
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Is there no libertarian community? In the sense of a group who think similarly and are suspicious and somewhat hostile to those who think differently?
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Re:You're in a Cult
by thaumasiotes on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:11AM
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My impression is that libertarian communities, similarly to Mensa, have more hostility between members than you might want to see in a well-functioning community. There are libertarian communities, but they are less community-like than the term would lead you to expect.
That might be directly related to the kind of person who joins a libertarian community (as seems to be the case with Mensa), or it might be an artifact of the fact that women hate libertarianism.
There is and it's extremely cultish.
Re:You're in a Cult
by brutusborn on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @08:53AM
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There's definitely libertarian communities. Although I'm sure they can become cultish, I imagine they are much less likely to become cultish than the state, since libertarian ideals would mean those communities produce more liberal ideas and thus less group think.
I wouldn't expect the Libertarian Party to become fascist but crazier things have happened.