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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 83 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The difference is that they think that gatekeeping poor people from services in order to bring costs down for everyone else is valid. I've seen libertarians argue that the solution to tuition and healthcare being expensive is to stop helping poor people, because that will drive demand down and lower prices for people who can already afford it. I've seen libertarians argue that the solution to people scalping groceries is to let grocery stores price gouge. Their solutions only ever involve helping people who don't need help at the expense of people who do. Libertarianism is "me, me, me right now now now" dressed up in fancy language. It's the political philosophy of a tumor.

[–] SilentFury@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago

"It's the political philosophy of a tumor." Fantastic analogy!

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