[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

critiquing both is what makes you a left libertarian.

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Libertarians in the US want small government on three axes: they want to eliminate programs (e.g. welfare, retirement or universal healthcare), public utilities (e.g. electricity, highways), and regulation (e.g. antitrust, banking laws.) in economic terms, it's very right-wing, since it's pure unadulterated capitalism. usually they want government to "stay out of the bedroom and the boardroom" though, so they're often progressive on civil liberties. unfortunately, many self-styled "libertarians" are socially conservative, or care only about their freedoms.

Left Libertarians see both the State and Corporations as oppressive power structures, and want to reign both in. think Anarchists, but not as radical. most favor decentralized, collective government with lots of direct democracy. New Hampshire is the most right-libertarian state, while Vermont is the most left-libertarian.

the Libertarian Party in the US is ridiculously disorganized because organizing Libertarians is like herding cats. afaik there aren't really unified Libertarian parties anywhere in the world, though maybe e.g. the Pirate Party would be close?

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I once installed Gentoo on a netbook. emerge world took 3 days..

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

ngl kinda glad Trump banned trans people from the military. I can't get drafted! 🥲

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

save it up and you can spin it into yarn. great for making mittens, hats, scarfs and baby sweaters.

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

this is the source of a lot of my existential dread. I can't logically refute it, at most I can acknowledge it's pointless for me to worry about, but I can't stop myself from worrying about maltheism.

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I grew up wanting the magical mops from Fantasia.

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I catch strays because I'm on .ml but I'm not a tankie (I'm left libertarian like Chomsky)

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

greetz in the resume!! hell yeah

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Timba, his arms wide!

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

I actually read the entirety of HPMoR to my elderly mother. I tried to sell her on Friendship is Optimal but I think rationalist pony fanfic is a bit too ambitious a leap.

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

interesting. I'm most interested in the Khruschev era, during de-Stalinization and when the USSR was at its peak, and the satellite countries (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, etc.) the collapse just makes me sad.

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