What exactly happened to Libertarianism?

  • minnix@lemux.minnix.dev
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    3 months ago

    Libertarianism isn’t broken despite Tucker’s thoughts to the contrary. There are many libertarians that believe in science.

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      3 months ago

      Oh? Then why did so many self-proclaimed libertarians resist any measures to help minimize the spread of a highly contagious disease that ended up killing over 1M people in the US alone, not to mention the tens of millions more that ended up hospitalized? And why, with the benefit of hindsight, is the author of this particular article decrying any attempt to minimize the spread, including such minimal measures as wearing a mask?

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        3 months ago

        So many. How many is so many? A majority? A minority? You realize libertarians aren’t a monolith following groupthink ideology right? Libertarianism itself is nothing more than a philosophical statement that human interactions be voluntary. Are you a libertarian? If so, what do you believe? If not, what is your opinion regarding individual autonomy?