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Or just don't listen to them if you don't like them. There's millions of other podcasts/songs that are worth listening to.

Except that they're creating a political movement that's about as dystopian as one could possibly imagine by convincing people to vote against their economic interests and hand massive power to the already wealthy and corrupt. Libertarianism is the means by with capital captures labour politically, and will be the ruin of the planet.

You're welcome to your own political beliefs. Personally, I'm happy to live in a pluralistic society.

Trying to silence everyone you disagree with seems truly dystopian, but I agree with your distaste for those people. None of them are libertarian; they're extremely socially conservative conspiracy theorists.

I can't imagine being in Australia during COVID and arguing against ideologies of personal freedom, though.

That's because you've been mislead into thinking that something bad is happening in Australia, because of libertarian propaganda propagated by those aforementioned new media dickheads. They are absolutely libertarians, that's what unites them.

Your media seems to have made quite a powerful emotional impact on you.

I don't see an avenue for productive conversation so I'll leave you to it. All the best.

Thankfully most Australians aren't as self-centred as all that

You have named exactly zero libertarians.

You would be surprised, libertarinism is insidious and far more widespread and mainstream than ever before.

Unless fully woke, someone is a media dickhead? Wow…

What does "woke" have to do with anything I've said? My primary opposition is to libertarianism, which is the philosophy underpinning all said new media dickheads, and what unites them

A bit totalitarian, are we?

No, I'm just against libertarianism, because it's essentially feudalism. The very people purporting to be for "freedom" are actually pro slavery.

Feudalism is about the localisation of military and legal aspects of government. Libertarianism is about trying to restrict the power of government. Slavery requires a strong central government to be enforcible. Feudalism and Libertarianism are both anti slavery.

None of the people you have named are libertarian, to be fair. Also, for someone arguing a potential dystopia being brought about but these people, you sound like someone very willing to create your own, by arguing for silencing everyone you disagree with.

It’s not a matter of silencing people I disagree with, it’s a matter of having integrity in publishing. Because the “we all have a right to free speech” argument has been distorted to mean that everyone should have what amounts to modern day prime time access even though they’re a bunch of liars and grifters and, in some case, just kind of stupid.

Also they’re all libertarian, you and they might not realise it though. In the same way that many people don’t realise when they’re racist.

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