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Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong by tptacek on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:19AM (#44752981)
"Liberal" is an epithet here too (I'm a liberal, for whatever that's worth).
Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong by johnisgood on Friday August 01, 2025 @04:09AM (#44754168)
I am a libertarian (anarcho-capitalist) but people do not know the differences and similarities to liberal, because both has the prefix "liber".
Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong by Hammershaft on Friday August 01, 2025 @04:29PM (#44762125)
Both ideologies evolved from the same source of classical liberalism, and still share plenty in common today.
Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong by johnisgood on Saturday August 02, 2025 @01:30AM (#44765097)
But liberals would definitely down-vote me if I talked about Rothbard and Mises. Why do you think that is?
Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong by nathan_compton on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:11AM (#44767325)
Because they have a difference in opinion with you about the degree to which markets should be allowed to exclusively allocate resources?
Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong by johnisgood on Saturday August 02, 2025 @12:14PM (#44768814)
I personally am in favor of free market. Are they? I do not shy away from being a minarchist either, to be honest.
Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong by woooooo on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:39AM (#44753059)
For what it's worth back, a lot of the opposition towards "establishment libs" is based more on optics than policy IMO.

Voters feel ripped off by the establishment. Running on "we're the establishment and we're here to help" is a loser, and letting Trump be the rebel is malpractice.