We all know them. These are the people that can describe every aspect of Libertopia, but expect everyone else to build it.
When you ask a Libretardian what they do, the answers may vary. Two things are consistent.
They have defined the rules, the structure and the systems of operation for Libertopia.
They have no intention of getting their hands dirty building it.
The only thing harder than being around these people is being these people. They are harshly critical and disparaging of anyone challenging their authority on Libertopia. Whatever they say about Libertopia is IS THE LAW of Libertopia. Ok, it’s not the legal one, but according to them, it’s the “natural” one- until it isn’t. When they are challenged on the practical applications of their legalism, they do and say everything to justify their own authority as a legislative entity of Libertopia, not unlike any other politician.
The problem with philosophy or engineering of any kind, mental or physical is that it all exists in space of the mind. The philosophies and designs are not always practical or viable in the real world. I used to date a leading electronic technician for Raytheon. He told me his entire job was telling the best electrical engineers on earth why their designs didn’t work in the real world and then, helping them to make practical adjustments to get their designs from the imagination to the realization.
I’m not saying we have to toss out our principles of how to treat one another. I’m not suggesting that at all. However, the methods in which we employ these principles may be infinite. Just because we haven’t seen it yet and have been programmed and conditioned to duality, we as humans are more likely than not to just pull the opposite of what is wrong to figure out what is right. We’ll say, “We don’t need such and such system philosophers. Instead, we need our philosophers.” The truth is, we probably don’t need quite as many philosophers as an occupation or specialization.
I remember a story of Bernie Sanders staying in a commune to wax poetic about its structure. Bernie wasn’t getting his hands dirty. He was speaking to the workers idealistically about their way of life which was arousing for many. The problem was that the communists needed to garden and farm to have food on the table and not go hungry. This is not merely true of communism. To make Commutopia or Libertopia prevail, first basic needs must be met. In the end, Bernie was asked kindly to leave the commune so the laborers could stay focused on the important tasks at hand, the practical aspects of keeping society alive. They didn’t need any specialists in the philosophy of their labor. They were living in.
Until we get our hands dirty in the building of the actual world we want to live in, realizing and addressing the largest holes in what needs people have and the myriad ways to fill them, it’s going to be a hard, hard sell to convince people that they should come to Libertopia for the art, music and comedy.
Non-subscribers to Libretardianism have written far better music (The Wall), far funnier comedy sketches (George Carlin) and made far better films (Wag The Dog) than any self-proclaimed Voluntaryist ever has. In a few short years (hopefully not months), people will be going in the direction of the food, regardless of what entertainment competes in the free market of intellectual property (myself included).
At present the governments of the world subsidize most of the farming on earth, and they are doing a really spectacular job running that into the ground. If we don’t quickly start to subsidize our own, I’m sorry to tell you, but you won’t be able to eat your film, comedy, art or music. The money people invest in your specialization will start to run thin as they divert funds and energy toward their own food supply and items and ideals that support the streamlining of those food production endeavors.
So, if your sole focus is making Libertopia sound as excruciatingly painful, stupid, unappealing, unrealistic, petty and unnecessary as possible, good luck with your positions of recruitment or recruit maintenance.
Thankfully, there are a lot of practicing Voluntaryists, walking the baby steps with faith and humility toward the independence we know people don’t merely idealize but are gonna fucking need in the very near future. Those are the people I will be putting more of my time, currency and attention toward for the forseeable future.
Once again, I’ll remind everyone. We don’t have to be concerned as much about food shortages if we are actively or at least financially focused on the creation of independent food surpluses.
If you aren’t a fledgling farmer or a gardener, you better be buying from an established independent one. Support an independent farmer. Their growth and expansion could save your life! Start a small garden. Any little steps each of us takes to help supplement the local independent farmer will grow the chances of us all not having to buy our own cow.
On that note, I’m putting on my wellies and heading outside to work on my garden and clean out my chicken coop.
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*chef's kiss*