re: #149 Romantic Heretic

When I was reading in the RationalWiki about his ‘theory’ I was hearing Thomas Carlyle.

To me that’s what anarchy, I mean libertarianism, boils down to; removal of doubt. Being doubtful is uncomfortable and fear inducing. So a complete certainty, especially one that cements its believer at the top of the heap, is a great comfort.

It’s what makes anarchists, I mean libertarians, such easy marks. Play to their certainty and they’ll give you their first born. It’s why Trump succeeded as well as he did. He gave those voters doubtful about recent changes in society and economics a certainty. A certainty that had them near the top.

I followed up by reading their article on the Von Mises Institute. The way they describe it is a hoot.