DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoWhat were you wrong about for a long time? How did you realize you were wrong?message-squaremessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down11
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-squareWhat were you wrong about for a long time? How did you realize you were wrong?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 hours agoI thought libertarians were cool. Then I learned about the “fiscally conservative “ parts.
minus-squareBruhh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 hours agoThrow back to when I was young and naive and considered myself an “independent” who argued both sides. Then I found out who the real snowflakes were
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours agoLibertarianism is only viable if you have the ability to effectively evaluate every option you were presented with, so as to maximize your benefit. Unfortunately, this excludes the lower-90% of the population. Only the top-10% are wealthy enough to afford the mental headspace to do this.
minus-squarePilferjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·41 minutes agoThere is a lot of merits to left libertarianism (social anarchy) that I would put into the “ideal” category.
I thought libertarians were cool. Then I learned about the “fiscally conservative “ parts.
Throw back to when I was young and naive and considered myself an “independent” who argued both sides. Then I found out who the real snowflakes were
Libertarianism is only viable if you have the ability to effectively evaluate every option you were presented with, so as to maximize your benefit.
Unfortunately, this excludes the lower-90% of the population. Only the top-10% are wealthy enough to afford the mental headspace to do this.
There is a lot of merits to left libertarianism (social anarchy) that I would put into the “ideal” category.