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@uncle-mojave Remember this masterpiece?

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Libertarianism is awful: an incoherent rant

The more I learn about American Libertarianism (also known as AnarchoCapitalism or Individualism or so many other names...) the less I like it. Primarily because it makes people (voters and politicians) so financially anorexic (an actual psychological condition) that they willingly destroy their own infrastructure just to save money in taxes. Infrastructure that would have been high priority targets of an invading military force or terrorist organization. But there is another reason why I hate Libertarianism. Reading about real life cases of libertarians attempting to operate societies made me understand what the true principles of the ideology are:

The masses have no right to control an individual but the individual has the right to oppress the masses.

It is the ideology of a king repackaged and sold to peasants. Kings live a great life because they own a lot of stuff, can indulge in every vice, and they don't have to pay taxes. Therefore, libertarians proclaim, peasants would have a great life too if they got to live like a king. Unfortunately those damned Statists with their burdensome regulations will always prevent the formation of an all-king society and thus they must be destroyed. Never mind that the wealth of kings was only possible through the collective efforts of artisans, merchants, and peasants who staged revolts against kings in order to get lawful governments that better served the collective's interests.

Let's abandon this abstract metaphor which wasn't going anywhere important and move on to gun ownership. By owning a gun, you are giving yourself the power to easily threaten and kill non-gun owners. Unfortunately this is the definition of oppression, even if it was a necessary action to preserve your own freedom. Now If you don't own a gun and you are being threatened with one, the obvious solution is to get yourself a gun. When asked how, the typical libertarian will reply with "The Free Market" and leave it at that. Being privileged gun enthusiasts, they assume that a desperate enslaved farm/sex/factory worker would be able to seek out and purchase the best fire arms that could be used against mercenaries. But a business owners employees would never stage an armed revolt since they love working in inhumane conditions sooooooooo much! And besides, who want would sell guns to poor people? lol, they don't have any money.

When larger questions of logistics/ethics like these arise, such as how poor people can afford fire power that would put them on equal footing with a wealthy warlord and his loyal military, the average libertarian will excitedly info-dump about the American Revolutionary War. They will ignore that the revolutionaries nearly failed a few times due to lack of supplies. And they won't mention (and may not know) about the less successful anti-imperialist efforts that weren't bankrolled by wealthy patrons which ended in genocide of the scrappy guerilla freedom fighters. Which is what happened to the First Nation's of North America, the small tribes across the African continent, and all those other poor people. That because they hate multiculturalism and refuse to learn from the tragedies of others.

In conclusion, the foundation of American Libertarian doctrine was bankrolled by Charles and David Koch, inheritors of Koch Industries, in the 1970's. It is a reflection of the values held by those brothers whose father was a known Nazi sympathizer. It was designed to make the poor be incompetent revolutionaries, make them sympathize with corporate executives, and be compatible with cultural conservative values. Over the last half century this ideology has, unfortunately, been semi-successful which has resulted in greater chaos and poverty in the United States of America and beyond.

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[pastoralis]

Mosin Nagant appreciation post

Someday I'll get one brehs...

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the queen of the disco or whatever

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compilation of this type of post

edit: idk how much this is gonna do but since making this post i got covid and need some help, please consider it

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WE BE VI(A)BING

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genuinely classic image

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The RPG Game You Need: The Veil Riders TTRPG

The Veil Riders TTRPG Is on kickstarter.

RIDE THE VEIL, MAKE EM' WAIL

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