@DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-27 months agoWhat were you wrong about for a long time? How did you realize you were wrong?message-square99fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down13
arrow-up1162arrow-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-27 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-square@Pulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish27•7 months agoI thought libertarians were cool. Then I learned about the “fiscally conservative “ parts.
minus-square@Bruhh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•7 months 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-square@hakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•7 months agoMy dyslexic ass read librarian and for a whole minute I was confused why this should be connected to reading and sorting books professionally.
minus-square@rekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•7 months 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-square@Pilferjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months 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
My dyslexic ass read librarian and for a whole minute I was confused why this should be connected to reading and sorting books professionally.
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.