Free market environmentalism by Walter Block Part 1

Walter Block at the Fraser Institute explaining the relationship between free market economics and environmentalism.

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[globbo100]

Walter Block has pretty much given up on Libertarianism, much as I have, and has now made the switch to the Stateless society argument (i.e. Anarchism)

[CelticAlphabet]

@signofthehammer Science is objective and demonstrable meaning your opinion is not needed. If you think your stupid opinion is enough to stand up to 5 decades of research over a half dozen fields of science then you need to publish a book and donate it to peer review since you've obviously figured out what all the worlds smartest people in this field have yet to figure out. Your being kinda selfish keeping such knowledge to yourself oh great one. Evidence or GTFO.

[breakingthe4thwall]

@globbo100 Anarchism is a form of libertarianism.

[hortulanus94]

This is wonderful!

[fountainherz]

@jackriter

You're an "anarcho"-communist that supports state subsidies and public ownership via statism (i.e. the political class own and control MoP/property).

Fucking brilliant.

[BrettDiercks]

@takadi Well put, I agree with you on that. Also Libertarians in my experience understand politics or at least try very hard to understand them much more than Anarchist.

[Trimbler00]

@globbo100 You mean after this video? Because this is more of a minarchist argument.

[takadi]

However libertarianism is the political translation of that and is espoused by realists (or at least as close as we can get to realists) who believe it is the best we can get to achieve maximum adherence to the non-aggression principle. It is fallacious to separate libertarianism and anarchy into two conflicting camps, and some extremely ardent anarchists even believe that they are mutually exclusive (can't tell you how many times I've seen libertarianism being called a "statist" ideology)

[takadi]

Also, if you desire a more in depth explanation, just read through the comments and find my past posts. They were from a time where I had way more time on my hands and was much less lazy. Feel free to agree or disagree, but my basic premise is that anarchism resides in the philosophical realm and is espoused by dreamers and idealists

[takadi]

@PoetsLight

Sorry I didn't understand your post, it was quite strange and emotionally hysterical. I was simply explaining that anarchism is a goal but not a reality because perfect consistency can't be applied to a world where irrationality rules and pre-emptive appropriation is a dominant strategy and can sometimes even be perceived as pareto efficient (such as taxes where the perceived loss to the individual is considered negligible by the individual)

[PoetsLight]

@takadi Rational perfection? Are you high? How does rational perfection play into the picture of libertarianism. I'm looking forward to how you explain this (you probably can't).