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Libertarian Who Says We Should Rely Less on Government Is Strangely Reliant on Government (theshovel.com.au)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

She hated libertarians because they weren't pure enough for her. Also, being against IP isn't something that emerges in libertarian thought until the 90s Internet. They were for stronger IP protection until then.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I mean she wasn't pure enough for them either. She tried to build some bullshit around uber mensch, but couldn't just stop being auth long enough. If you actually care about individual liberties you end up in a different place.

There are a lot of jokes about starting with Rand, but almost nobody ends up an objectivist.