Posted January 04, 2021
scientiae: It was his alternative to Individualism. Libertarianism is the political theory that the individual is more important than the society in which she lives.
So socialism can lead to a tyranny of the majority, and especially to a situation where an individuals' rights are subservient to the society; when Kant's categorical imperative is bypassed "for the good of the many".
Those are shit definitions. So socialism can lead to a tyranny of the majority, and especially to a situation where an individuals' rights are subservient to the society; when Kant's categorical imperative is bypassed "for the good of the many".
So I guess jailing a serial killer is socialism in your book, (taking away one persons freedom to benefit a group) where as the liberals would let the murderer do as they like unless it affected then directly. Thus your very bad definition of the two words leads to libertarians meaning a society of such would truly be a society ruled by tyranny of one kind or another.
Post edited January 04, 2021 by myconv