Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by economistbob on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @08:37AM
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Never really understood how libertarians expect to have someone making guns for their fiefdoms when there is no one to enforce property rights for said gun elements and manufactories.
Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by oblio on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @09:09AM
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Libertarianism is not a philosophy. It's selfishness taken to extremes and trying to find ways to justify it at a societal level. The only reason we're the top species is because we're ultra social and have culture, which is inherently a social trait (don't eat those red berries, they're poisonous). Libertarianism want all the benefits of working together with no actual thought into how that working together happens in real life, including punishment for bad behavior.
Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by Jensson on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @09:21AM
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Yeah its wrong in very very similar ways to communism.
Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by economistbob on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @10:35AM
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What very very similar ways would that be?
Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by satvikpendem on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:02AM
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I guess they presume it requires on the good will of everyone to live peacefully without violating (non-existent) property laws over, say, robbing you in your sleep.
Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by capr on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:29AM
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It doesn't require that at all, on the contrary. Why don't you educate yourself on these basic assumptions?
Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by satvikpendem on Thursday July 23, 2026 @11:50AM
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Your comment says basically nothing, no explanation of your point whatsoever, and either way I was talking about what I think they believe, not what I personally believe.
Re:Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated boo...
by oblio on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @04:45PM
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Surprise: the comment above was downvoted in the bastion of libertarianism :-)
https://youtu.be/lh2__MN-FTU?si=LXIaljh__s8fD75l&t=1568
About 3 minutes of video worth watching.
A: rich people pay less % in taxes than wage workers, we should close the loopholes
B: but taxes are immoral to begin with
A: ok, but can we do something now about the unequal enforcement? Unrealized gains, tax havens, trusts, fake charities, etc?
B: well a society based on property rights… ackhully you should read this book by Mises/Rothbard/Rand