American “libertarianism” is a correct identification of the issue with oppressive use of force by the state, coupled with a somewhere-between-ambiguous-and-incorrect interpretation of when force is oppressive and when it’s not. It’s my stance that American libertarianism (based on the NAP definition) with a properly calculated ethical interpretation of justifiable “property” simply reduces to anarchocommunism, as many unexamined assumptions about when a “property” claim is justifiable and when it is not simply accept a capitalist market economy, and any inequality that may result, out of sheer laziness. A lot of people find this way of looking at it jarring, usually because they just try to cram it somewhere on the “left/right” scale without really examining each ideological underpinning, or by really examining the range of thinking within the space. And some of that results from fascist groups trying to coopt the label as well. Good litmus test for that is asking a self-identified “libertarian” what they think about immigration, or the justifiability of a given war. The “MAGA LINO” types will justify immigration crackdowns and wars, the dyed-in-the-wool “libertarians” will oppose them, and so on with other oppressive policies that leftists also oppose. Which leaves the main point of contention being how the economic system works and how property distribution works, something which the “NAP” is ambiguous about. Therefore…

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There’s some 0.0001% theoretical possibility that a billionaire could be a non-sociopath. If they literally dedicated their life to extracting money from the wider economy or top crust, not spending any of it on themselves or their descendants, but instead solely redistributing to the most needing people in the world. Monetary wealth at the end of the day is just economic control - it doesn’t become evil until it’s actually used for your own benefit, i.e., the economy is being rewired for you to live in luxury.

Assuming of course (big fat assumption) that you don’t screw people over to get it in the first place - and, even if you are giving it all away, it’s questionable why you’d end up with a surplus of money that large, if your goal is to donate it, why would the rate coming in exceed the rate going out, unless the goal was to purchase some institution or something, i.e., purchase Walmart and turn it into a cooperative. Probably not to invest the money to grow it to have more to give, because the return on investment for the money also has to come from somewhere, i.e., has its own ethical ramifications.

But I mean, name a single person in the last century who fit that profile. I can’t name one. So. And at the end of the day the best situation for the society isn’t to have single people controlling things and hoping they use their power responsibly, it’s to democratize that power and have everyone use it responsibly.

It’s nearly universally learned behavior, and it’s just a metric of people’s disposition to act selfishly or malevolently versus selflessly and benevolently.

Extra scummy judge, read the whole article.

If they would do evil given the chance, that makes them evil. It’s like a poorly forged piece of metal with a crack built in, that holds together until put to the test. The crack was always there.

There’s more angles to it of course - mistakes, temporary dispositions, the average of all behavior, etc.

They’re trained to.

Generalizing against an entire ethnic group based on the actions of a single former CIA agent, classic behavior of totally not racist jackoffs.

Video a little more convincing, but even then, why’s the browser clipped off? I’m guessing UserScripts in the top right corner.

“Israel App Store”? IDK man

“Lions are the boys and tigers are the girls.”

The female lions do kind of have a more tiger look. What with no mane.

You could argue it was an allegory, but then what the fuck would that even be an allegory for. The work of a zoologist?

The minute I no longer need it.

We need platforms where AI content is just banned. We’re past the point we need to start systematically excluding all this crap.

He’s the equivalent of the federal President at the municipal level. Appointments, veto power, managing the entire bureaucracy, plus the bully pulpit with a national platform at this point. And he’s already squandering it before he’s even in office. More power than anyone else in NYC.

What is the “Lol” about? You want to have a conversation where you just trash somebody else, then get lost.

The more you want it to work your way, the less you want a prebuilt solution, and the more you want a rock solid package management system and repo setup. Debian derivatives work in a pinch, or for a server, not so great for a PC you want to do a lot of things on.

Nobody is talking about him replacing the entire NYPD?

You’re the one missing the point. Politicians sell out to get into their positions. We don’t want concessions from a minority in power, the people must be in power. Mamdani led with rhetoric that he would upset that somehow, and is already giving every indication of compromising on every meaningful front. This may be your first rodeo but it’s not ours.

Rescue partition?

From a governmental/political office? Whose political stances dictate the actions of government officers? The fuck are you talking about. NYPD under Tisch did the brutal crackdowns on the encampments.