#ancaps of Nostr, what do you think? Is #anarchocapitalism a political movement? Is #voting immoral even if itโs for a candidate who will only decrease the reach of the state? Is using #politics only for reach a good or bad idea?
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I'm not sure if I'm ancap (my guess is yes, but haven't read or thought about it enough) but I think a lot about voting and whether it's something I want to do anymore on the national level.
My current inclination is that I'd rather put even that tiny bit of energy into learning more about local elections.
(Honestly I would almost have voted fairly earnestly for RFK because he seems to understand regulatory capture, he's at least on his way to understanding bitcoin, he's shown courage in his long-time work with CHDF, and when he speaks about national issues he truly sounds like he's addressing Americans regardless of party. But then some off his stances show that he really hasn't generalized his insights on the agencies or on the incentives that lead to institutional capture. The guy seems to truly believe that the answer to the corrupt state is just ...better state.)
I don't know if it's a good or bad idea to use politics to alert people to ancap/libertarian ideas. What I do know is it sometimes seems to be quite effective. Politics is where people go to hear political ideas and if you're not there, how will new people discover the ideas? I also keep hearing people say that Ron Paul really changed things for them so it seems effective. But perhaps more effective is to ensure we are all talking about the ideas every time we can with individuals in our life who will listen to us.
I guess I donโt see talking to people in your life and talking to people by way of politics as mutually exclusive. In either case youโre talking about ideas in hopes they spread. Talking about liberty ideas within the realm of politics isnโt any more immoral than talking about those same topics with your neighbor.
Now if you want to make an argument that talking to people through politics is not the best use of time relative to other things you could be doing, then I think youโve got a much better argument.
I don't think voting is immoral, more like a futile attempt at self defense (at least in national politics). Running for office seems like a way to get ideas out in front of folks who otherwise couldn't bother to think past what they settled on in their teens or 20s. But, then again, Dave Smith on Joe Rogan does that too. I don't know if there is *a* "right way" to approach it, we probably need people pursuing many strategies and seeing what is most effective. Mostly, I'm just here trying to maximize sovereignty in my life and provide for my family; if voting for someone who will reduce local property tax will do that, I'll probably vote for them.
