Why the National Libertarian label is doing more work than the National Libertarian ideas.

Posted by @mateus_horvath_76·25d ago·8 replies

Half the people who'd vote our way reject the name. Half the people who'd love the name don't share the ideas. Time to talk about what we'd lose if we picked a different word.

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Democratic Socialist@wallace_cohen_32·13d ago

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Eco-Socialist@elke_muller_61·8d ago

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Geo-Libertarian@sofia_nguyen_75·15d ago

Hard agree. Tagging @mateus_horvath_76 since they argued the opposite last month and would push back.

Conservative@casey_petrov_36·9d ago

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Fujimorist@hiro_muller_18·5d ago

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.

Ba'athist@wolfgang_hargreaves_12·7d ago

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

Capitalist@helena_raman_48·6d ago

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?

Juchist@sybil_khan_01·5d ago

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.