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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 16 Jun freebie \ on: The Libertarian-to-Fascist Pipeline libertarian
Not a single thing can be taken from this article. Its a pristine fallacy from start to end.
To start, by just poking the head out of the window one can easily see that all of what this text claims libertarianism could do is all of what's happening now with socialistic democracies, the very ones that this article claims would prevent libertarianism from doing the exact same thing.
Nothing else should be said, but then there's more:
It marvels me how easily freedom-deniers lose perception of what the state is and of what it's composed of once they abstract it into some kind of semi-divine entity devoid of any human traits. Such semi-divine entity is the only one that can hold the power that to mortal humans is denied: freedom and property. But here is the breaking news: the state is composed of... *drum beats... people! The exact, very same people freedom deniers claim would be dangerous if free, are the exact same ones that should be given absolute power over anyone else. What could happen then? You are seeing it by yourself in real life right now, I hope that doesn't has to be described to anyone.
Even more?
The article postulates that fascism that would come from freedom and property must be suppressed by limiting liberty and property, which will turn people defending their freedom and property into enemies of the people and the state, just like it's happening now in socialists democracies. If the absolute, mind-breaking, self-explanatory logical absurdity of such claims don't hit you in the face like a club, nothing else can be said.
How, in the world, freedom-deniers fail to see something so basic, so simple, so explicit, escapes me.