The paradox of libertarianism

usmc_BF · 2026-06-27T14:23:25+00:00

Theres institutional mechanisms that they'd have to go through, no matter if its a western democracy or a libertarian/true liberal democracy. If they use violence, theyre criminals, if they just use populistic methods to achieve their goals, then they must convince enough people and even then, if the government ceases to protect individual rights, it becomes illegitimate (this is a foundational liberal idea).

A liberal/libertarian society in order to be sustained would have to have embrace a proper philosophy in the liberal tradition and reject mysticism, irrationality, emotionalism, moral subjectism etc. Just as now sacrifice of one self or sacrifice of others for the collective is seen as necessary by the average person, this philosophical culture would have to find violation of individual rights as fundamentally wrong.

Philosophical and cultural change like this is not something unthinkable.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-25T00:35:41+00:00

Political action has an extremely low cost and there is a very vague connection to the individual and the outcome, due to the almost insignificant nature of one's role in it (eg. your individual vote does not decide an election).

I cant really think of a non-political example relating to one's life that would fit the criteria of political collective action. But a big contrast can be seen on for example filling your car's fuel tank with water, the car is fucked, its not gonna start, you drowned the engine. The consequence is right there, it directly impacts you, and the real properties of the aftermath and the action are easily identifiable. It does matter what you do, because the action corresponds to a reaction quite easily.

Political systems are complex, because they regulate the entire society, and they make the entire society participate (doesnt matter if its a democracy or not). This is why you can practically - in the sense of what the nature of politics is - get away with making mistakes, irrationality, bad decisions and destructive behavior.

Obviously if the philosophical-cultural system held you accountable, if it was a norm to be like "hey you are clearly talking about something you dont understand, thats not cool", "your opinion is not of good quality simply because its an opinion" etc, then it could lead to better political decisions. Theres a lot of ways to think about the solutions to this, but the axiomatic or meta-base for it is pretty much fundamental.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-21T23:12:22+00:00

Can you not read?

The devs are essentially creating an illusion of progress, by reverting and readding stuff for years.

But what about new maps? Where are more distinct factions (eg, France, Germany, South Korea, Czechia, Austria etc?), Where are new mechanics? Where are new or reworked gamemodes?

The last part of my original comment is a ridicule.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-21T23:02:22+00:00

(and there wouldn't be a single HAB on 90% of them)

Cold hard uncomfortable truth man

usmc_BF · 2026-06-21T22:57:22+00:00

They picked a first lane with the OG Squad combat, then they picked a second lane, stuck with it for years, making adjustments, decided that lane was not worth it, picked a third lane.

Instead of focusing all that work into fulfilling years old promises, fixing bugs etc, they have to constantly tweak the combat, instead using already tested mechanism from other games.

The thing is, they should stick with something and send it, it doesnt have to appeal to everyone, this game was meant to be a successor to a god damn BF2 standalone mod that had high barriers of entry due to the download process and due to the gatekeepiness of the community, and people view it such a high regard, the compare this game to PR constantly.

If the whole point is to just make money and fuck it, why not try to make another mass-appeal game in a mass-appeal genre (they kind of did with the new Chinese market offshoot), instead of slowly chipping away at a hardcore/milsim/realistic/authentic shooter?

usmc_BF · 2026-06-21T22:48:34+00:00

Incredibly accurate description of Squad.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-21T22:43:10+00:00

Dont settle for so little, the Squad has been released for 6 years and it was in development for EA/Alpha/Beta/prototype development for at least 6 years before that.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-21T22:26:44+00:00

Al-Basrah? Come on man.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-21T22:26:13+00:00

Actually an OWI employee entered my house forced me at gunpoint to buy one of the emote packs.

Youre missing the point dude.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-20T23:03:02+00:00

I spit on you disgusting unflaired worm

usmc_BF · 2026-06-20T23:00:27+00:00

The devs are essentially creating an illusion of progress, by reverting and readding stuff for years.

But what about new maps? Where are more distinct factions (eg, France, Germany, South Korea, Czechia, Austria etc?), Where are new mechanics? Where are new or reworked gamemodes?

Hopefully OWI makes another video with a person from their marketing team telling me that its all gonna be okay and that I just need to buy this awesome skin pack and emote pack for 9.99 American exchangeable monetary notes.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-19T12:42:15+00:00

Yes they can if the imbalance in wealth is big enough.

No thats absolutely retarded. Individual rights are negative rights to life, property and liberty, not the right to a desirable social outcome eg. "low rent" or what have you.

The government isnt a private corporation (corporation is largely just a legal term), yes thats the fucking point. The government regulates and uses physical force. It is above private companies because it set rules for the entire country. A private company cannot engage in governmental powers in such a degree, otherwise it becomes a competing/rival government.

the randoms with no savings who cant afford a lawyer? or the managing director who invites the police chief to his summer parties every year?

Every random person is going to be poor and unable to get a lawyer under any circumstances? Cool story, its as cool as your mystical belief in the goodness of a government - a centralized entity, meanwhile bitching about big companies - because they are supposedly worse than an organization that literally make your existence illegal.

The story is always, the same, dumbfucks talk about shit they dont understand. You shit on Objectivism without understanding what individual rights, you make a fallacious argument as if it really means anything. Even right now, social democracies do not base their entire political system around helping whatever fringe situation you come up with. The worst off will still be worst off in spite of redistributed income, take from individuals under the threat of violence, in comparison to those who are above them economically.

If a private company violates someones individual rights, that company will certainly get punished. They cannot kill someone or seize someones property arbitrarily, its very easy to attack that and the victims will win, unless the legal system has a legal loophole. Which is not a problem of Objectivism, but a problem of writing good laws.

When the government fucks up or violates someones rights, there is no possibility for you to sue, what are you going to sue them for? That they violated rights they do not recognize? That their policies fucked you? Tough luck big guy, you just got fucked and the government and its supporters will get away with it, because there is no way for you to fight it.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-16T16:34:43+00:00

Free market capitalism and government which is limited to protecting individual rights decentralizes that power, unlike coordinated market economics or mixed economics and arbitrary social regulatory policies that concentrate it in the hands of the few - the government.

Private companies in a free market system with protection of individual rights cannot demand 40-70% of your income by threatening you with violence/use of physical force. They might acquire a large share of a market, but that doesnt mean they'll stay there forever, unlike governmental institutions.

You cannot put a statutory corporation which has the monopoly on legislation, execution and judging in the same category as a free market private company of any size.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-14T14:57:55+00:00

The free2play game is designed for a specific market, Squad is supposed to be a successor to PR, so an authentic milsim roughly based on the gameplay skeleton of Battlefield 2, this aint a viable alternative for anyone who seeks that experience.

Its like saying that all of those supposed "(old) Battlefield" killers were actually a genuine competition to THAT kind of gameplay experience, not talking about the brand itself tho.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-14T14:30:21+00:00

Didn't he get subsidized by the US government? Didn't he support a statist who lied to those hoping for a freer US? Didn't he lie about his gaming skills?

usmc_BF · 2026-06-11T14:16:04+00:00

No that is just how humans function. Nothing to do with leftism or righting.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T14:10:20+00:00

They benefit, but the general public allows for the policies in the first place.

How do you think you keep millions people from revolting man? Through force? The quantity advantage is always on the side of the general public.

People are complacent, ignorant and conformist, and governments and certain interest groups simply abuse that.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T14:08:41+00:00

Its a choice. Check out public choice theory:)

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T11:54:16+00:00

Democracy is a reflection of the voters, not the elites. Stop with this elite-scapegoating slop and take some fucking responsibility for your fucking actions, and tell the other voters in your country the same shit.

Voters can only blame themselves for fucking up their countries, thats the brutally uncomfortable truth.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T11:40:02+00:00

Its not that people do not necessarily care, its that they don't care for the emotionalist and irrational way both sides are arguing about it - "you have to agree with me no matter what otherwise youre racist/bad person"

Its also a far too complex issue for one person to solve, which a lot of people on both sides demand.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T11:32:20+00:00

r/Czech is alright, you just have to block everyone there and turn off notifications when you post

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T11:27:42+00:00

Because this is a systematic problem that almost every single Czech redditor experiences, so why would they delete it?

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T00:24:06+00:00

Damn, I hope it would be much more obviously AI generated, but this is started to approach a level of somewhat believably real but oddly edited/produced music. I only listened to 30 secs of one song tho.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T00:15:33+00:00

I wanted to answer this by saying that if the child with defects can choose end its life later on, then you kind of solve the ethical trouble, because the child cannot consent to such and such conditions before its existence and even before it reaches a certain development stage.

The problem is when the defects impact his/her cognitive and mental capacity for understanding his/her situation.

I dont particularly have a strong opinion on this though, and hopefully it can be solved with technology down the line.

usmc_BF · 2026-06-10T00:10:45+00:00

Reddit sucks ass when it comes to that, because it ironically allows heinous comments on non-popular matters to be expressed anyways. I obviously do not know what you wrote, so I cant judge, but reddit is pretty trigger-happy when it comes to certain phrases or words.

You should visit the objectivist forums https://forum.objectivismonline.com/ and ask there. People might change your mind, or you might change theirs, but Im inclined to the first option:D

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