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applegrove

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13. I don't think free market capitalism is about liability. It is about massive
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 10:17 PM
Nov 2021

externalities. They are pushing it on the sly: populism for you to get drunk on, libertarianism for the rich.

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In the mid-20th century, right-libertarian[27] proponents of anarcho-capitalism and minarchism co-opted[8][28] the term libertarian to advocate laissez-faire capitalism and strong private property rights such as in land, infrastructure and natural resources.[29] The latter is the dominant form of libertarianism in the United States,[26] where it advocates civil liberties,[30] natural law,[31] free-market capitalism[32][33] and a major reversal of the modern welfare state.[34]

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Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

Can you break it down cilla4progress Nov 2021 #1
He lost the election because the right wing in Alberta was so deSantis applegrove Nov 2021 #2
I think that populists like Maxime Bernier try to look like libertarians when it suits them Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #3
Right you are. I think the libertarians are the rich people in the world funding the populist applegrove Nov 2021 #6
Only faux libertarianism. No acceptance of liability or reality (science). Mostly White Privilege.nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #9
Does libertarianism accept liability or reality? applegrove Nov 2021 #11
True libertarianism is rooted in liability and reality. They are few and far between. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #12
I don't think free market capitalism is about liability. It is about massive applegrove Nov 2021 #13
That's the problem with unfettered capitalism that ignores liabilities, such as pollution. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #15
Like cilla4progress Nov 2021 #4
No symbolism. Observe and you'll see flags drape that way when boiled down to simplest shape Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #7
So, cilla4progress Nov 2021 #8
Blue Tories CONservative socially & fiscally. Red Tories are socially liberal, fiscally CONservative Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #10
Actually the CONservative party in Canada would love to outlaw abortions, they started that Bev54 Nov 2021 #14
applegrove is right. O'Toole ran as a "pure blue Tory" for leadership but as purple Tory in election Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #5
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