The guy's post may seem like a parody, but I believe he's a libertarian - so he might well unironically say this.
Also such disgraceful discrimination about those of us civilized people who do not have ancestors in barbaric hellholes like Ireland, Italy and Israel.
The guy's post may seem like a parody, but I believe he's a libertarian
As something of a libertarian myself...man, I wish libertarians weren't retarded.
But yeah, it is weird. His top posts (I still haven't bothered to sign in to Twitter/X, so that's how it sorts) are all very antiestablishment, "covid skepticism."
And he even defended Alex Jones.
Did the jury know that Alex Jones didn’t kill the kids?
So this is a really weird take from someone who, at a glance, seems dissident and sane. Like you said, maybe one of the especially retarded "open borders libertarians" or something.
Don't get me started on those fucks. They're gigaautists who haven't bothered to even think things through. One of the core tenets of libertarianism is the concept of private property. You can easily scale that up to a state or nation...and then open borders quickly becomes one of the most anti-libertarian stances you can hold. So these people are just utopians so wrapped up in their "identity/community" of libertarianism they don't bother to question anything. Basically...leftists that like the idea of freedom, but don't quite understand it.
Defending Alex Jones AND open borders is not exactly unusual for a lolbertarian.
Unfortunately, a lot of them have the idea of "open borders would not be a problem if it weren't for the welfare state". And then they put the cart before the horse by advocating for it now.
Even if there were no welfare state, I don't want that. The job of my government is to protect my interests, even though all it does is harm them, not import foreigners for their benefit and that of holders of capital.
I wish for Bryan Caplan to live in Haiti for a year with no resources.
(For those that don't know, Bryan Caplan is a big proponent of the entire idea of 'unlimited immigration while abolishing the welfare state'. I'm not sure if he's the first to come up with it, but...)
The guy's post may seem like a parody, but I believe he's a libertarian - so he might well unironically say this.
Also such disgraceful discrimination about those of us civilized people who do not have ancestors in barbaric hellholes like Ireland, Italy and Israel.
As something of a libertarian myself...man, I wish libertarians weren't retarded.
But yeah, it is weird. His top posts (I still haven't bothered to sign in to Twitter/X, so that's how it sorts) are all very antiestablishment, "covid skepticism."
And he even defended Alex Jones.
So this is a really weird take from someone who, at a glance, seems dissident and sane. Like you said, maybe one of the especially retarded "open borders libertarians" or something.
Don't get me started on those fucks. They're gigaautists who haven't bothered to even think things through. One of the core tenets of libertarianism is the concept of private property. You can easily scale that up to a state or nation...and then open borders quickly becomes one of the most anti-libertarian stances you can hold. So these people are just utopians so wrapped up in their "identity/community" of libertarianism they don't bother to question anything. Basically...leftists that like the idea of freedom, but don't quite understand it.
Defending Alex Jones AND open borders is not exactly unusual for a lolbertarian.
Unfortunately, a lot of them have the idea of "open borders would not be a problem if it weren't for the welfare state". And then they put the cart before the horse by advocating for it now.
Even if there were no welfare state, I don't want that. The job of my government is to protect my interests, even though all it does is harm them, not import foreigners for their benefit and that of holders of capital.
I wish for Bryan Caplan to live in Haiti for a year with no resources.
(For those that don't know, Bryan Caplan is a big proponent of the entire idea of 'unlimited immigration while abolishing the welfare state'. I'm not sure if he's the first to come up with it, but...)