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Hey everyone,

Are there any libertarians here? Or what would be your philosophy/political view of the world? Any philosophies, ideas, principles that you think are important?

And for specifity when I mean libertarianism I mean principles like:

- Free Speech

- Non-agression Principle (NAP)

- Voluntary interactions between individuals (Voluntaryism)

- Self-sufficiency, self-sovereignty (Bottom-up & Autonomy)

People like:

John Locke, Auberon Herbert, Rothbard, Mises, Hayek, David D. Friedman, etc, etc...

These ideas are important to me. It's the basis of my philosophy. And then there's also the moral/"spiritual" philosophy that I get from a combination Buddhism, Christianity and other stuff. For example, the 5 Buddhist Precepts are a simple and important moral code for me.

Are ideas important to you? If not, how do you see life and the world? I'm just wondering because see there's a lot of love for #bitcoin and I wonder what each individual's philosophy (philosophy or politics) behind that. How people really think, if there are principles behind behaviours, etc...

I'm at a point where I believe that human beings need to have an organized hierarchy of principles, otherwise we will fall for other people's principles. And we all know the problem is other people's principles might be not be good at all for us and the people around us. This is the reason why this topic interests me.

Also feel free to join the Libertarian community at:

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nobody 1y ago

If you are a libertarian then please do not mix religion with libertarian philosophy. Buddhism is not a religion, it has no god. God does not exist. The world has been built by the purposeful action of innumerable individuals over the whole history of mankind.

CitizenPedro 1y ago

Yes, I agree with that statement. It currently helps me or in other words, I try to think about things in the order described in the post. Free speech, non-agression, voluntaryism. That's the gist of my philosophy.

And thus I of course understand and absolutely sympathise with how some people think ideas are mixed up in the end. For example, some libertarians are libertarians because they are Christian and thus they believe in the individuality of man as a right that comes from God. Natural rights. And that's fine too. Why wouldn't it be? If we reach the same conclusions and act in the same way, is there really a difference, in a libertarian context?

A part of me also thinks it's all mixed up in the end. I mean, what do I really know about anything? In other words, people came to the same conclusions from different places. And that's perfectly fine in my view 😉

I know this is a very sensitive topic that nobody wants to touch. It's for the brave of heart only. But it also doesn't have to be.

In case of confusion, I would say being kind and compassionate to each other always works because that's never a bad thing. 😃 AND of course we should also buy more Bitcoin. Always. 😉

Thanks for the response by the way!

Universal Bunny 1y ago

🖐voluntaryist here, I believe in the NAP.

John McCone 1y ago

I wrote a Philosophy book in detail which mentions rights, among other things. But mostly I value exit. The right to get out of a system and switch to a system you feel works better.

I wouldn't consider myself a pure libertarian. I'm just a guy that think government tyranny has gone far too far. Especially after COVID. Which is why, post-COVID at least, I've started increasingly associating with libertarians.

I'd certainly much rather live in a libertarian society than in the society we seem to be heading towards becoming.

https://johnmccone.com/book/the-philosophical-method/

CitizenPedro 1y ago

Hi nostr:npub1da0dxt3jkwy4r6xlk3825ncpecg9j4m2ygzdf7ukd0ct0l6yddkqv8azct, welcome to Nostr! :)

Yeah, I have a lot of libertarian friends, some are a bit extreme with the no-state perspective. But in the end I think the intention is really what matters.

Like you, I much much rather be surrounded by libertarians than run of the mill statists. Which is clearly the mainstream society we live in...

I have to read that and your work on the rural world. That should be very interesting too. Welcome!