Hot take: political pluralism is good actually

  • stenAanden@feddit.dk
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    17 hours ago

    It tries to communicate that libertarians aren’t fascists. Which is incorrect.

    • Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      3 hours ago

      libertarianism is about how the government should f off (appealing if you’re already rich)

      fascism is about how all power should be vested in a single person who leads everyone towards the will of the nation (appealing if you’re stupid and a bit of a romantic)

      admittedly today’s “libertarians” are often in name only

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      17 hours ago

      I’m really confused that the libertarian seems to be differing from the Democrats in the meme when Mamdani won the primary and is endorsed by the Democrats. I’m not doubting there are people who typically vote blue who wouldn’t like him (and some might not even vote because of it, or prefer Cuomo), but they certainly don’t fit the stereotypes of the characters on the left in this meme.

      This is just “It’s too late democrats, I’ve depicted you as the foolish soyjak and the libertarians as the noble chad.”

      • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        libertarians literally don’t want social support to be a thing, how are they even close to a demsoc

      • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        17 hours ago

        But how is that in any way compatible with libertarianism?

        I presume not “libertarian” in the old sense of anarchism. Even that doesn’t particularly like electoral politics at all.

        • UnixSlvt42@piefed.blahaj.zoneOP
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          17 hours ago

          I don’t have to agree with everything Mamdani says to realize that the establishment Democrat party is incapable of standing up to this administration. Hence the whole political pluralism thing.

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            16 hours ago

            Libertarians are overwhelmingly siding with republicans. Doesn’t that mean anything?

            • UnixSlvt42@piefed.blahaj.zoneOP
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              16 hours ago

              Uh no. Does the USSR mean anything when talking to an anarchist?

              Trans rights are human rights Free Palestine. Abolish ICE.

              That any clearer for you?