/r/Libertarians
This subreddit is an alternative to r/Libertarian and attempts to provide a space for more on-topic discussions of libertarian and libertarian-adjacent philosophies.
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What is libertarianism? Here are a few places to start:
What wikipedia has to say on the matter
A more definitive source, Rothbard's For A New Liberty: A Libertarian Manifesto
On libertarianism as a 'political' movement: I Am a Libertarian & What Libertarianism Is, and Isn't
How rights can be protected, and security provided, without having a state: an illustrated summary of David Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom
Awesome libertarian essays you can read in one sitting:
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The reason I buy apple products is because they are secure. Android and whatever else is open source. Any good coder can take an android product wherever they want to take it. The governments push, to take away that from Apple or try to make Apple seem like a bad company thru media is wrong. Any time the government can go thru and influence people is the downfall of the society that free people created.
So, let's say you have some awfully poor people. People who wish to do well, but just genuinely can't do much or do not know how to do much for themselves. Disabled folks who struggle working, people just recently released from jail after long sentences, especially on crimes they did not commit, and others.
What if you had an apartment that, instead of charging you directly for rent, acted more like a website? One that would have a big screen in the living space that would constantly be showing an ad (not necessarily a tv but a 5'x5' roughly digital billboard of sorts. One with options for brightness and skipping/blocking a particular ad. Silent for the tenants comfort) and the ad revenue was, thus, the rent?
Hook up some kind of system to make sure all are on and operating while the tenant's lease is going. If they turn it off, they get evicted.
Free housing held up by the free market instead of tax payer dollars. Also, the lack of rent means more money to spend on things like food, clothing, maintainence, amenities, utilities, etc.
I'm talking about Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, Andrew Tate etc type people. What attracted them to the libertarian label? What values do they align with and what did they get wrong?