Comments on: Libertarianism: Could it be any nerdier?

By: bella gerens » Blog Archive » Navel gazing

bella gerens » Blog Archive » Navel gazing — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:57:11 +0000

[...] Charlotte Gore has written an insightful post about the challenge of taking libertarian political ideas, and the Libertarian Party, mainstream. As she points out, libertarianism is still more popular online than out in the ‘real world.’ There are a number of reasons for this, but she flags up two rather important ones: first, it can seem intellectually exclusive, given the complex character of libertarian literature; second, the online libertarian community consists largely of self-selecting, not to put too fine a point on it, geeks. [...]

By: pagar

pagar — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:26:16 +0000

Charlotte

Yeah I’m totally aware of that

So why don’t you come and join us?

By: The Great Simpleton

The Great Simpleton — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:22:11 +0000

Although I didn’t know the name I have always had libertarian views and that didn’t stop me getting a PV and working in areas where I had access to Top Secret and higher clearance documents when I was in the army. Libertarians take the protection of the country quite seriously.

By: Southie

Southie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:05:23 +0000

“They are generally unemployable within the context of protection of the realm, state, etc.”

Like that 1930s Cambridge/Oxford stuff.

State security has to be a religion all on its own, no room for other hobbies.

Do you wait for Jack Black to go into witness protection program or do you use him for target practice? I knew I would have bagged him up for the zoo

Real life is like that, there has to be humor, or it is just sickening violence.

That could be wrong.

Southie

By: The Great Simpleton

The Great Simpleton — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:46:31 +0000

They are generally unemployable within the context of protection of the realm, state, etc.

What on earth does that mean?

By: Southie

Southie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:15:02 +0000

“Geeks understand rational argument. Most people don’t.”

They are generally unemployable within the context of protection of the realm, state, etc.

Southie

By: Southie

Southie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:11:44 +0000

“but movements either go mainstream or they remain in the shadows like mental state socialist and communist groups of old.”

Communism was mainstream,

also, the Living Marxism fruitcakes ( and they are truly deranged), couldn’t possibly have proselytized more efficiently.

Southie

By: Kevin Monk

Kevin Monk — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:03:55 +0000

I think rationally and that’s why libertarianism appeals to me.

I work and play every day with painters, artists, illustrators and musicians. The libertarian philosophy doesn’t appeal to many of them because they’re incapable of rational thought. Sound harsh? Probably. The question is: What can be done about it? Most artists/creative types can’t think that way.

I was trying to explain to a group of people why the zero on a roulette wheel is the only thing that swings the odds in the house’s favour and it was met with complete derision. If I’d been doing the same thing to a bunch of IT professionals then I’d have no problem.

Geeks understand rational argument. Most people don’t.

Let the geeks speak out loud and clear!

Selling libertarianism to the irrational is like trying to sell shampoo to a bald man.

By: Charlotte Gore

Charlotte Gore — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:31:30 +0000

Yeah I’m totally aware of that.

By: Paul S

Paul S — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:16:59 +0000

Right, so you are actually aware of libertarianism (in some vague sense) and the UK Libertarian Party.

How come you still can’t put the pieces together and work out that the politics you spew out on this blog are far closer to UKLP than the Lib Dems? And I mean far, far closer?