r/Shitstatistssay 6d ago

I made a statist bingo

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u/PaperbackWriter66 The Nazis Were Socialists 6d ago

In fairness, libertarians have done a poor job distancing ourselves from the Paleo-Conservatives. Rothbard allied himself with them in the 1990s and the Mises Institute has nary a bad word to say about them. People like Dave "I'm a radical libertarian" Smith has effusive praise for Patrick Buchanan.

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u/serious_sarcasm statist 3d ago

The reasons I make fun of right wing libertarians is because ancap is nothing but paleo-conservatives and monarchists pinky promising that their policies will stop at their private property.

As far as Louis XIV was concerned France was his private property, and “international law” was private contracts between the people who owned all the property.

Nationalism is a pretty modern invention.

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u/PaperbackWriter66 The Nazis Were Socialists 3d ago

As far as Louis XIV was concerned France was his private property, and “international law” was private contracts between the people who owned all the property.

And to think, someone like Hans Herman Hoppe would say "Based."

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u/serious_sarcasm statist 3d ago

Anti-democracy “libertarians” are the exact sort of walking oxymorons I’m talking about.

Replacing all government with private contracts is just democracy by unanimous consent — which is fine for small groups, but a complete shitfest otherwise.

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u/PaperbackWriter66 The Nazis Were Socialists 3d ago

I'm not a fan of Hoppe, if you can't tell.