Why I am not a libertarian, an ancap, or a voluntarist

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

A great write up, I have had the same thoughts although Satre's words articulate it far better than I could (I've never read his works by the way, any recommendations?). The presumption of voluntary libertarianism is that we are free to make choices as we please and if we fail than it is the fault of our bad choices, but this is a kind of application of tabula rasa applied to reality where we reject that any environmental contextual issues play a part in our life. The ideology in general, including both its economic and social tenets, are full of contradictions and flaws when analysed critically (and it becomes even more a challenge to piece together when you start identifying as a conservative libertarian like many libertarians who are close to the dissident right do).

[–]WaltzRoommate[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I've never read his works by the way, any recommendations?

No, he's a pretentious shit lib. Literally married to Simone de Beauvoir, the mother of feminism, and it was an open relationship. I only know him because I majored in philosophy and had to. I'd recommend checking his wikipedia page, spending ten or fifteen minutes on it, and then go find a better thinker to invest the kind of serious time and effort it takes to read a book by a pretentious dude of another era that was translated from another language.

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You forgot he was a paedophile and horrifically ugly

[–]WaltzRoommate[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

paedophile

Shit, I didn't even know this.

Not surprised though.

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

He signed the petition to eliminate the age of consent, he and his wife both advocated for paedophilia. We can only assume they were both raping kids in their free time, based on his physiognomy it's not really surprising.