At its heart, libertarianism is the belief that adults should be free to live their own lives, make their own choices, and bear the consequences—good or bad—of those choices.
The "rules for thee but not for me" attitude seems way too common these days unfortunately. I think I'm more pessimistic in that I think most people deep down want some degree of control, as they feel a need for a sense of direction. They want someone to idolise who they think can fix all their problems, they just resent the idea of it not being someone "on their side." I feel like in many cases it's very difficult if not impossible to reach such people, and as such our efforts may be better spent building parallel societies of some kind.
The "rules for thee but not for me" attitude seems way too common these days unfortunately. I think I'm more pessimistic in that I think most people deep down want some degree of control, as they feel a need for a sense of direction. They want someone to idolise who they think can fix all their problems, they just resent the idea of it not being someone "on their side." I feel like in many cases it's very difficult if not impossible to reach such people, and as such our efforts may be better spent building parallel societies of some kind.
Snap! I have been looking at the same question!
https://thebluearmchair.substack.com/p/liberals-and-libertarians?r=5kmhkr
Great article - Shared!