Ron Swanson, A fictional diehard libertarian who earned his living as a government bureaucrat. Who then became the poster-child for actual libertarians who have no understanding of irony.
The Libertarianism of a Ron Swanson is based on being in the position of Ron Swanson and the privileges that comes with that. Anything that encroaches that is anti-liberal. Any liberties desired by others are unrealistic daydreaming or not Ron’s problem, since they don’t impact him. Libertarianism suits Ron when it suits Ron.
For most “libertarians”, the hardest thing to accept is that in order to be one, an individual will often have to fight for things they may not agree with or fight against things that currently benefit them. People love to disagree with the state, but deep down they like what they’re getting out of the state. So long as they’re seen to aggressively promote liberty, they’ll enjoy all the perks of any institutional society that has them further up the ladder. That’s Ron Swanson Libertarianism and is quite anti-libertarian.
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Ron Swanson, A fictional diehard libertarian who earned his living as a government bureaucrat. Who then became the poster-child for actual libertarians who have no understanding of irony.
The Libertarianism of a Ron Swanson is based on being in the position of Ron Swanson and the privileges that comes with that. Anything that encroaches that is anti-liberal. Any liberties desired by others are unrealistic daydreaming or not Ron’s problem, since they don’t impact him. Libertarianism suits Ron when it suits Ron.
For most “libertarians”, the hardest thing to accept is that in order to be one, an individual will often have to fight for things they may not agree with or fight against things that currently benefit them. People love to disagree with the state, but deep down they like what they’re getting out of the state. So long as they’re seen to aggressively promote liberty, they’ll enjoy all the perks of any institutional society that has them further up the ladder. That’s Ron Swanson Libertarianism and is quite anti-libertarian.