25 Jan 23
@athousandyoung saidLibertarians:
Those deluded Andrew Ryan/Robert House wannabes are doomed to failure just as the Communists were.
In reality capitalism requires government enforcement via rule of law.
There is a role for the state: Police, Justice, Defense
25 Jan 23
@no1marauder saidYou mean citizens.
Defending capitalists against enemies foreign and domestic.
25 Jan 23
@wajoma saidOriginally the US only gave citizenship to property owners so that was true then but not so much any more.
You mean citizens.
26 Jan 23
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@athousandyoung saidThere are countries that make it so you have to be a citizen before you can own property. There's always someone making some new rule, supposedly for the good of everyone else but all they're doing is satisfying their own lust for power.
Originally the US only gave citizenship to property owners so that was true then but not so much any more.
Country A says you have own land to be a citizen, country B say you have to be a citizen to own land. The only conclusions can be:
1/ A is right B is bad law.
2/ B is right A is bad law
3/ A and B are both wrong.
This is that we need to start questioning, how and why this is happening, this is what the vid in the OP was about.
26 Jan 23
@wajoma saidYour list overwhelmingly favors protections most necessary for the wealthy. "Citizens" might well be more concerned that a State (assuming one is necessary) protect them from abject poverty or disease or homelessness or a myriad of other misfortunes. Yet, laissez faire libertarians oppose all such protections.
You mean citizens.
Maybe you could explain why.