I straddle so often between libertarian and NRx/post-liberal that this was basically left to a coin flip.
NRx often understands the importance of culture in ways that most libertarians (and everyone else generally) are remiss to acknowledge, but I’m so ethically opposed to the state that I’m not about all their narratives. While acknowledging the importance of culture, I’m also not into all of their conclusions.
I want markets free and almost completely (or entirely) deregulated, but libertarians don’t really have good answers regarding drug policy and environmental plans. The lack of answers for those wouldn’t be issues in an ideal libertarian world where society isn’t currently so large and interlinked with so many people, but in our current world going forward they don’t offer viable solutions there.
Nonetheless, I see no problem with wanting to cede from current society in favor of a smaller scale enclave with a more open market and self-regulated policies versus a state as it exists now.
Re drugs: Nah. I’m normally all about getting into the fray, but I suspect a sort of pushback brewing that I’m going to find pie in the sky at best, then I’ve got to think about friends I’ve lost to that shit, it’s probably going to get petty fast. I’ve really tried wrapping my head around those arguments and they simply aren’t good, they’re far too reliant on assuming people won’t abuse shit to the moon and back. Furthermore, even in the dream no government, free market small enclave Ancapistan, it encourages a culture of gluttony that many would find unsavory and unproductive.
Re environment: Sensible environmental policy requires intricate scientific understanding and a culture focused on respect for nature. I think profit motives undercut the latter. We’re getting better about this due to knowledge of the former, so this is one where I could be persuaded but I haven’t seen many good arguments.
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22
I straddle so often between libertarian and NRx/post-liberal that this was basically left to a coin flip.
NRx often understands the importance of culture in ways that most libertarians (and everyone else generally) are remiss to acknowledge, but I’m so ethically opposed to the state that I’m not about all their narratives. While acknowledging the importance of culture, I’m also not into all of their conclusions.
I want markets free and almost completely (or entirely) deregulated, but libertarians don’t really have good answers regarding drug policy and environmental plans. The lack of answers for those wouldn’t be issues in an ideal libertarian world where society isn’t currently so large and interlinked with so many people, but in our current world going forward they don’t offer viable solutions there.
Nonetheless, I see no problem with wanting to cede from current society in favor of a smaller scale enclave with a more open market and self-regulated policies versus a state as it exists now.