Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

 
 
On Thu, 23 May 2024, Kevrob wrote:
 

Sign.... D is a libertarian, and would be a fan of Ayn Rand if he's heard
of her.
 

 
Rand loathed the Libertarians, as we let into our party all sorts
of folks who loved liberty, no matter what their justification
was for that love.  The Objectivist Popessa wanted everyone who agreed
with limited government to be a "Student of Objectivism." Those who
developed their own philosophical stances were accused of all sorts of
degeneracy, and/or of plagiarizing her.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_and_libertarianism

 
I never understood the popularity of objectivism. It contains nothing
new and is just a collection of various strains of philosophy and
ideology that all existed way before Rand.
 
But I suspect she had good skills when it comes to popularizing the
already existing thoughts as well as good cult building skills.
 

I used to be that way.
 
But I grew up.
 
Pt
 

 
I suspect D of not being a minarchist, but an anarcho-capitalist.
I won't be starting any purges.

 
It depends. I'm really not a fan of labels, since if I confess to being
X, plenty of people will then fill X with what they think it means and
if that then clashes with what I think it believes we'll just talk round
each other.
 
Suffice to say that I hover around the
minarchist-anarcho-capitalist-libertarian-voluntarist spectrum. I think
probably the most useful thing is to ask me what I think about specific
questions.

To get back to some ObSF, what works do you find resonate? L. Neil
Smith's 'Alongside Night'? Neal Stephenson's 'Diamond Age'?
Something else?