Message from @Brickiest Brick
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Well libertarianism is my main guiding philosophy but I also acknowledge it has its limits so I’m willing to impose regulations and laws to make sure society doesn’t crumble under it
so that's basically the neocon status quo
Well see all neocons describe themselves that way
But they’re all authoritarians
so how would your libertarian structure avoid authoritarianism to enforce the regulations neccessary?
They use that as a pretense to create a surveillance state
yeah i suppose the neocon state of affairs has slipped pretty deep down that rabbit hole in the past decade or two
something that is really concerning to me actually
Yeah definitely
but then you're basically saying that all that your libertarian state would have to rely on principle alone to avoid that kind of stuff?
i mean the world surrounding you will eventually force your hand in that regard in my opinion
When I say I’m a libertarian I mean that in a broad sense
I’d more consider myself in line with libertarian conservative
yeah i understand that but just going from the basics of small government but all the neccessary bells and whistles of modern global capitalism, with an ideological commitment to personal rights and stuff, is that about accurate?
Well what exactly do you mean when you say rely on principle
i mean libertarianism places a deep focus on individual rights, more so than traditional conservaties, so i assumed that's where you split with them?
And also yeah thats about accurate
Yeah seems accurate
I do tend to disagree with traditional conservatives somewhat
lol anyone in their right mind should
Although on most social issues I really don’t think it’s up to the state to enforce that
i'd say libertarian economics are like lighting the fuse of the bomb we're all sitting on called capitalism
Yeah I get that that’s generally the consensus of socialists
The next step after capitalism inevitably collapses
Which hey it might happen
I don’t see it happening though and if it does happen it will be because of state overreach and intervention
State intervention has always been the most powerful tool in preserving the capitalist status quo
I’m not one to denounce socialists because marxists for example actually have some good arguments
Generally speaking less intervention in the economy works better but what you say is true
Politicians have been putting regulation after regulation as bandages for the damages caused by former regulations
It’s politics
I'd dispute that highly, it seems that the nations with a larger and well balance state control of important economic and social issues seem to be doing the best under globalism so far
While the land of deregulation USA is heating up to a point of crisis
Corporations have amassed so much power there
and it's creating huge social issues
and economic ones, when the next crash inevitably happens
There is another big bubble looming over the usa and it’s going to burst this is true
But it’s not due to deregulation at all
What is the reason for it in your opinion?
State capitalism is a disease