Libertarian Welfare Queens Attack the System
By MK Lords
Lately, Ive been getting tired of the same old scams coming from the same old people in the libertarian movement. Many OG libertarians Ive spoken with agree, so I thought Id compile a list of popular but parasitic libertarians. It turns out libertarians and ancaps are some of the worst capitalists ever. Despite raging against tax payer supported welfare queens there seems to be quite a lot of libertarians fighting for the ever depleting capital flowing from the chapped teat that holds the earnings of fellow libertarians.
Libertarians employ a variety of tactics to spread their message, but a tactic I must disagree with is begging for money from people in your movement for stunts that are utopian at best and ineffective or dangerous at worst.
Libertarians also have an aversion to critiquing fellow libertarians because of the small scope and influence the philosophy currently has and because many of them feel it would harm the movement. Any movement worth its salt can stand criticism of its members, and if it cant then its not worth being a part of to begin with.
Ive been distancing myself from the label libertarian for some time now because I hate echo chambers and increasingly felt being pulled into one. My news feed has slowly but surely become filled with the same slogans, the same news stories, the same solutions, the same begging, even the same fake names! Criticism is shot down with paranoid accusations of concern trolling or even of being a Fed. Yawn. Dissidence is not allowed and any half-assed attempt at activism by a celebritarian is venerated as groundbreaking. Thousands of dollars get thrown at activists who have disappeared other thousands with little explanation. Critiques of thought leaders are brushed away with the weak argument, But such and such did sooooo much for liberty in the past!!! as if it matters.
Redirecting capital to effective, peaceful, free market solutions could do wonders for human progress and I support a diversity of tactics approach to solving social problems. That doesnt mean I believe all tactics are equally effective. Its important to ask hard questions of charismatic leaders and press even harder when they evade. Living off of the charity of people in your own movement while arguing for capitalism seems oxymoronic especially when you keep ignoring market responses to your work.
I am not a part of the liberty movement though people still try to get me to add it to my work description on the Facebook. Do I promote the ideas of liberty? SureIve done several podcasts and am even a co-host on a libertarian themed radio show. But its because I want liberty for myself; I have no illusions about achieving freedom for mankind and sacrificing myself for the greater cause of liberty to the point of financial hardship. News flash: you can be an activist and have a job. And you can even be an effective full time activist. I like the idea of free markets but ultimately Im an individualist anarchist if you must label it. The religiosity of some libertarians is off-putting. They criticize nonbelievers for being brainwashed sheep as they parrot the words of their own deities who unfortunately range from the scholarly to the deranged. They also cry a lot about not having the capital of other movements as if its a mystery where its going.
Sorry, but you guys wasted it on libertarian welfare queens.
A libertarian welfare queen is a prominent libertarian who lives off the donations of other libertarians but produces content that is factually incorrect, manipulative, embarrassing, threatening, and oftentimes ineffective or counterproductive. They are the leeches who are somehow able to keep raising money despite questionable practices in their activism and whose serious ethical breaches are ignored or forgiven despite no attempt at restitution. The people named here are not the only ones in libertarianism I consider counterproductive, either.
But enough bitching, Im gonna name a few libertarian welfare queens because I am so tired of this particular problem robbing well intentioned people who have jobs of their well-earned money. Its also important to be able to laugh at the strange humans that try to lead you when youre more than capable of leading yourself. I generally like libertarians, but there are a few bad apples, and I want to let others know so they dont support jobless swindlers. Libertarian Welfare Queenism is a problem, but the solution is simple and voluntary.
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Libertarian Welfare Queens Attack the System
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