Matty

we have to take right-wing grievances seriously, such as [verifiably false claim], [verifiably false claim], [cherrypicked anecdote presented as major trend], [AI slop], and [verifiably false claim]

the idea that predators and abusers are an ontological category of person, rather than everyone having the capacity to be predatory and abusive, leads to people having no regard for boundaries because they think that predation only comes from evil people ™

i wouldn't necessarily have a problem with seeing a doctor whose name was dr skull. but if his office was in a cave i'd be alert for signs of a lair

I don't spend much time thinking about Libertarianism or so-called anarcho-capitalism, but it is better known in the United States than anarchism, largely because it's better funded. Turns out robber barons are happy to give money to further a social and economic doctrine that advocates rule by robber barons.

I think Leftists have given the so-called Libertarian right a hostage to fortune by equating socialism with statism - not just electoralism but state ownership and state monopoly. Many working class people are drawn to Libertarianism or at least have some tendencies in that direction because they - correctly - dislike bureaucracy and recognize the state as invasive and paternalistic. But they're unaware of anarchism or that it was once regarded as "the left wing of all socialisms."