Do you consider the United States to be the pinnacle of human freedom, so far?
Do you accept the narrative that the founders were driven by an inherently ancap impulse, and did their level best to restrain the leviathan?
Obviously, the system isn't perfect, people have been undermining restraints on government since before the ink was dry on the bill of rights.
If the US Constitution is the best attempt so far at curbing tyranny, should we undermine that system before we have an operational, viable alternative that provides more liberty?
If the US government were to collapse right now (more plausible than I thought it would be in my lifetime), do you believe that your neighbors are ready to institute something more moral, or are their authoritarian impulses running hot?
I don't believe Donald Trump can coherently articulate a principled line between moral and immoral use of force (or government). However, he was willing to stand up and call out the unbelievable manipulation and dishonesty of the political and media classes, and in so doing, revealed that our traditional safeguards on what liberty we have are crumbling.
Should an ancap work to shore up what we have here until we have a viable plan to create something better?
I'm familiar with the "let it burn" impulse, but I have children. We are currently living in the greatest period of peace and prosperity in human history. Must of us cannot even fathom what life would be like if we collapse the institutions that allow that. There will be blood. And it won't all come leaking out of people you don't like.
Discuss.
It's been a rough stretch.
That's for sure.
I speak my mind on patriots.win pretty freely.
While I am occasionally ridiculed as a silly, naive libertarian, I've found that a well reasoned response based on the principles of Liberty is usually pretty well received. More frequently than not, authoritarian anti liberty bullshit loses the comment voting battle when I lay out fundamental principles for people.
I don't get into the notion of fully abolishing the modern concept of state monopoly of force very often, though.
I occasionally bump into folks there who smell like ancaps...
It felt a little "dirty" at first to cooperate with people who's goal isn't true freedom in the way that I understand it.
But the goal that MAGA pedes are pursuing seems way closer to freedom than we are now. And the MAGA movement is the first I've seen during my adult life that appears to have the strength and fortitude to actually turn around the direction we've been headed.
It feels good to join in the fight with a team that is actually positively affecting the status of our fundamental rights, even if we don't agree 100% on exactly which rights are the end goal.
Or, maybe that makes me a duplicitous pussy who doesn't adequately defend his beliefs...
It's just the best thing I've been able to figure out to do to advance the cause of fundamental human rights and dignity.
Anything you want to talk about?