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@sculd 'Libertarian society' is the political equivalent of 'jumbo shrimp.'
As a libertarian, I don't trust these billionaires a single bit to do it.
They are not libertarians, they don't care about the free market, small local business, regulatory and certification companies, or what else. They are very happy to lobby the government to enforce any anticompetitive practices that will benefit them in the long run. They probably just want a new way to evade taxes, they don't give two fucks about libertarianism.
Sadly, tech bros won't see through it and will hype anything these clowns do.
@sculd We have corrupt states and corrupt billionaires. Neither is good
Neither are good but if I have to choose one....Corrupt state usually need to pretend they are doing good. Billionaires just say fuck you
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Human societies have periodically tried Plutocracy. It never ends well, usually ended in warlord periods, famines, servility for the masses, and mass slavery.
My favorite Libertarian society experiment. I mean, it's the only one that I'm aware of, but that it ended about as well as you'd expect is just fantastic.
The bear one. Yes the classic!
this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
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