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A Libertarian-Left Alliance...On Economics? | The Libertarian Institutelibertarianinstitute.org/articles/a-libertarian-left-alliance-on-economics/
213 sats \ 7 comments \ @Undisciplined 10h econ
Thomas Eddlem asks if libertarians and leftists can work together on economic issues.
"The left loves to rage against corporate welfare, which we libertarians often oppose as “crony capitalism,” so why not an alliance? We could team up to end corporate subsidies in the energy industry (both hydrocarbons and green energy), corporate subsidies embedded in foreign aid, agricultural price supports, and institutions like the Export-Import Bank."
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55 sats \ 6 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10h
I don't think it would work. The fundamental rationale for ending corporate welfare is totally different for the two groups. And they're gonna disagree on a host of other issues that most leftists probably consider even more existential, like climate change and identitarianism.
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30 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10h
That's my feeling too, but there are a lot of disaffected leftists. Maybe some will be open to some team ups.
I have always been surprised at how difficult it is to work with the left, because good progressives agree with me on the biggest issues: war, corporate subsidies, mass incarceration, etc. However, I find often find it easier to talk to conservatives who disagree with me on almost everything.
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39 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10h
However, I find often find it easier to talk to conservatives who disagree with me on almost everything.
Same. I'm not even that conservative, policywise. I'm not sure I can explain how things got to be this way, but it just feels like the left views every disagreement as "conservative talking points". I wonder if it's the liberal media's endless, repetitive use of the Republicans pounce narrative whenever conservatives actually have a point about something.
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30 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10h
I remember pretty clearly when it was the other way around. I'm sure there will be a point again where I find people on the left easier to talk to.
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10h
That moment may be coming soon. (Maybe)
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 10h
Yeah, I feel it coming.
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 9h
Wokeness isn't dead especially in academia
As long as people accept the blank slate equality thesis, wokeness will never die
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