Belo Monte Dam approved :(

[Tsyal Makto]

Originally Posted by Human No More

You mistake anarchism for libertarianism. These days, that is purely the refuge of trolls and ignorant people.

That's what libertarianism has pretty much become, in the United States at least. Libertarianism, as originally intended, was never about economics, it was a social policy (heck, Noam Chomsky calls himself a libertarian socialist, what I sorta define myself as). It was people like Rand (no she wasn't an anarchist) who hijacked it and slowly changed it into an economic policy of extreme laissez faire capitalism, and so called "libertarian" US politicians recently have slowly been crossing into anarchy territory by pushing her philosophy to the extreme (some want no environmental or child labor laws). That policy has never worked well for societies, case-in-point, the Guilded Age. Ironically, some have even turned that philosophy on it's head, calling for laissez faireism, but also calling for limits to social liberties, like abortion, drugs, or marriage.

So maybe that word still means something to it's original meaning where you are, but where I am, the meaning has definitely changed to something close to anarchy in practice. I would like to have the original meaning back, but I'm not holding my breath. So no, I'm not an ignorant troll (thanks for trying to call me that, though, that was really sweet ), my leaders are, and maybe you should consider the political climate of the country I am from before you insult my intelligence.

Haven't we already been over this?