Libertarianism Debate

This cluster features discussions debating the definition, principles, and misconceptions of libertarianism, often correcting confusions with anarchism, neoliberalism, or other ideologies.

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buboard Feb 18, 2019 View on HN

your definition of libertarianism is off by a century

rhizome Feb 7, 2017 View on HN

Your libertarian slip is showing.

triceratops Mar 22, 2024 View on HN

Whatever gave you the idea it's libertarian?

paulpauper Jun 12, 2017 View on HN

this seems applicable to libertarianism

nsxwolf Aug 26, 2015 View on HN

Are you confusing libertarians with anarchists?

tgv Jan 17, 2023 View on HN

The libertarian's point of view?

vlunkr Jul 6, 2022 View on HN

You could have stopped after "I am not sure what libertarian really means"

gech Apr 1, 2017 View on HN

Is this how libertarians actually think?

quasse Sep 23, 2017 View on HN

Libertarianism for thee, not for me.

Eisenstein Oct 23, 2022 View on HN

> You seem to be painting all libertarians as a homogeneous extremist bloc, which is just as fallacious as ascribing minority hardline stances to "all liberals" or "all conservatives". The above describes general concepts that libertarians support, and absolutes such as "absolute personal freedom" are ideologies that pragmatists recognize as infeasible.No, libertarians are not like 'liberals' or 'conservatives', they are libertarians, and t