The worst class of far right and populist politician whose campaign is based in basic slogans without any actual content.
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*blinks* Far right? I think you're really, really misunderstanding who he is...
Don't you think he represents far right's principles and ideas? 🤔
*>"( no. Geez, dude. He's about as poor a libertarian as I've seen in years. That's not right wing. It's not left wing.
It's not about how much money he has, it's about his principles and ideas.
"Don't hurt me and don't take my stuff."
What's wrong about that?
That's exactly what I've said.
«...basic slogans without any actual content»
It's not just a slogan, it's a principle. If he can enact that as the modus operandi of the government in Argentina, everyone will benefit nearly immediately.
It doesn't sound like you've read much libertarian philosophy.
A principle is not just a slogan. So, can ex plain what "Don't hurt me and don't take my stuff" exactly means? How can it be applied in the real world?
It's not enough just to read. It's necessary to understand and question ideas.
libertarianism forgets that we live in communities so not only individual liberty matters. And most modern libertarians only care about economic liberty.
Uh, no. If you can distill a principle down into a pithy saying, that doesn't take away from the profundity of the principle.
I suggest reading because the answer to your question is what libertarians have been writing about for over a century. You're obviously not familiar with those writings, otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Most libertarians do not forget about community, but, instead, acknowledge the fact that if a society had a very high degree of individual liberty, it is better for all. Economic liberty is one of the keystrones of liberty, founded on the principles of property rights, which has been written about for at least 400 years already.
"Don't hurt me." A person owns themselves. They decide what to do with themself. They decide what is good to eat, the medicine they will or will not take, the acts they engage in with other people, consentually. No one may interfere with what you do as long as you do not agress on another person. This goes back to English common law principles that have roots going back most of a millenia.
"Don't take me stuff." One of the only reasons to have a minimal state is to ensure property rights are upheld. If you acquire something, be it goods or money, through legitimate means, no one, not even the state, is entitled to take your stuff from you. Your land is yours. Your crypto. Your precious metals. Your body, unless you act in a manner that endangers the life and/or property of others. You may not be imprisoned for what others consider immoral acts as long as you are not trying to harm someone or take their stuff.
There are many books that lay these out as policies, but, these things are not usually complicated at the core, but that doesn't make them any less powerful.
I think you have described pretty well some basis of the libertarianism philosophy. That's, basically, theory and information you can get from books or the internet. We can agree in those principles or not. I think that there are several aspects of libertarian ideology that i don't like. But, what I expected is an explanation about how that theory can be applied in the real world and specially in the case of Milei in Argentina.
In my opinion, a problem with people that currently self denominated libertarians is that they're easily attracted by far right populist politicians like Milei or Trump.
My goodness... Trump is not far right. He's still left of center for nearly everything. Please stop conflating him with anyone that ebbed calls themselves a libertarian.
As for the "how" read Rothbard. First step: cut spending my axing 95% of the "government." Second step: end all wars and deploy troops to borders. Third step: de-regulate by throwing out all federal regulations that are not specifically permitted by a historical, period correct reading of the constitution. Fourth step: audit the fed.
I can't speak to things in Argentina. But the above is what I would do upon swearing in. I wouldn't ebbed throw a party. Just start axing everything.
Whaaaaaaaaat? Trump center? 😬 if Trump is center then Biden and Obama are far left. No way!
Uh, yes. They are. And he is. He spent most of his life as a NYC Democrat. I grew up with the dude in the city. I know exactly what I'm talking about. Geez. Stop trusting all the media. Look at what he's done. He's center left. Obama is a full on Marxist tool, but he was restrained by other factors. Biden is just a meat puppet for his leftist handlers.
Milei is much farther right in some ways and much farther left in others, just like most libertarians.
