Did you ever read “A libertarian walks into a bear”? It’s a non-fiction book about a bunch of libertarians that moved to a small town, and used their new voting bloc to try to bring about their libertarian paradise. It went badly. There were bears.
The author points out how a nearby town that was otherwise very similar. It had prospered during the time libertarians were driving their town into the ground
I don’t read proper books very often but the title of that book got my curiosity, and tried the first three chapters and I don’t know if I have a really fucked sense of humor but it really got me laughing at how absurd early US history is in hindsight, not having to live through it.
Anyway thanks for that, probably gonna finish it.
A dude died of exposure because he couldn’t afford his heating bill. If you think people who don’t have money should simply die, then I guess it was working decently.
Umm yeah…Libertarians are ok with that. The question is if their society can run at all, and it seems that is unlikely. Now, it is a pretty shit system.
This sounds like a fascinating read lol. I’ve never heard of that before!
Regardless of ideology, I do find those “let’s start our own society” accounts very educational, because everybody thinks they can do it better, but there’s a lot of pitfalls and footguns to learn from.
Did you ever read “A libertarian walks into a bear”? It’s a non-fiction book about a bunch of libertarians that moved to a small town, and used their new voting bloc to try to bring about their libertarian paradise. It went badly. There were bears.
The author points out how a nearby town that was otherwise very similar. It had prospered during the time libertarians were driving their town into the ground
I don’t read proper books very often but the title of that book got my curiosity, and tried the first three chapters and I don’t know if I have a really fucked sense of humor but it really got me laughing at how absurd early US history is in hindsight, not having to live through it. Anyway thanks for that, probably gonna finish it.
Funny enough, I hear it worked decently until then.
A dude died of exposure because he couldn’t afford his heating bill. If you think people who don’t have money should simply die, then I guess it was working decently.
Umm yeah…Libertarians are ok with that. The question is if their society can run at all, and it seems that is unlikely. Now, it is a pretty shit system.
This sounds like a fascinating read lol. I’ve never heard of that before!
Regardless of ideology, I do find those “let’s start our own society” accounts very educational, because everybody thinks they can do it better, but there’s a lot of pitfalls and footguns to learn from.
Have a look at this: https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project
It’s about the book, about that town, Grafton. Great read. The book itself is great too.