Libertarian is when smuggle drugs and oppress the working class through secret surveillance
When people say that libertarians are just right-wingers kidding themselves, I think they mean this kind of stuff. I don't think it's in a "libertarian ethos" to do wildly unethical and immoral things on a large scale, with the intention of exploiting people for profit.
If that actually is libertarian ethos, then it sucks.
I thought libertarians are right-wingers kidding with us /s
> I don't think it's in a "libertarian ethos" to do wildly unethical and immoral things on a large scale
I personally conflate libertarianism with wanting all regulations removed and whining about Big-Government, and then crying to Big-Government to bail you out when you crashed the economy with less-than-informed gambling.
> If that actually is libertarian ethos, then it sucks.
Astute observation!
Now, obnoxious white people in Silicon Valley would be upset that multifamily housing had allowed displeasing minorities in, but man would that make life better for everyone. I lived in East Asia, and it is really nice when cities are not too expensive for regular people to live in. Furthermore, I have no sympathy for rich @holes who complain about losing their expensive view.
Freedom helps all, but especially the poor. The leftists have tricked people in California and NYC into thinking the system fails the poor, when in reality it is their stupid regulations that made these places expensive.
Btw anyone else seen that bear rummaging around? Any idea how to get rid of it?
It is.
Also, when I asked whether they would have the same libertarian attitude regarding a crowd-sourced app to keep tabs on people with net worth over $1B, my modest proposal[1] got flagged and hidden -
- unlike the insulting comment that called the users who have an issue with Pave "schoolmarms" that "infest" the place, like pests to be exterminated.
Go figure.
Hypocrisy is OK on HN, calling it out is not.