Madlad posted this on the r/libertarian subreddit and they banned him

Ironic that Libertarians are banning things in their own subreddit.

Libertarians: people too stupid to fully understand their own ideologies

Been banned from there. Basically only right-lib or ancap views are allowed there, left-lib (me) need not apply.

Yeah and if not a bicycle then a Libertarian should at least go with an EV.

Gasoline requires requires far away refineries supplied with crude oil that comes even further away. The government needs to maintain a large military to secure foreign oil to keep the global oil prices down because that's the rate everyone has to pay in a capitalist system. Even then oilt prices are subject to regulation by OPEC, which is an international organization that we don't have any say in.

Meanwhile an EV can be charged by a wind turbine in your home town or even a solar panel on your roof. I suppose the lithium for the battery comes for further away, but once you own that battery you own it. You aren't dependent of oil coming from very far away every week. Sure you'll eventually have to replace that battery, but it's way less frequent than having to gas up. And if it came down to it you could probably produce a battery more locally without lithium if you're willing to sacrifice range.

The fact is a libertarian utopia simply isn't possible with a dependence on oil. Oil is the most international business in the world and requires the most support form the government to function. But with EVs it may be possible to have everything needed for a society to function within a small region. You need big government to get a reliable supply of oil, but with EVs and renewable energy, big government isn't as necessary.

And yeah bicycles are even better than EV in terms of libertarian ideals.

it's the libertarians... you should've said the bicycle lowers the age of consent or something.

Woke mods can't handle facts and logic

Whoever posted that doesn't understand libertarians.

If there were no government regulations, they would have nothing to complain about and their lives would be ruined.

You gotta wear a helmet though in some places, and depending on where you are you may have to do much more than that

Gotta keep one hand on the handlebars

Gotta have a light

CAN'T RIDE WITH TWO PEOPLE ON THE SAME SEAT

YOU HAVE TO USE FUCKING HAND SIGNALS I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA NOT JUST AMERICA BUT TEXAS FOR GOD'S SAKE

(Fun fact, I actually met someone who got deported after getting stopped by the cops, originally, for riding a bike at night without a light 🙁)

(Edit: Also... banning someone from the libertarian subreddit because they said something you feel like they shouldn't be allowed to say, so you have to use your administrative controls to silence them, is frickin hilarious. Not that I am surprised.)

The first time I heard the phrase "become ungovernable", I assumed it was about home gardening and biking and reducing consumer waste. Imagine my disappointment when I found out it was actually about perpetuating institutional inequality and "fuck you, got mine."

No ban on riding a bike? Apparently they never met MOM!

they hated him because he spoke the truth

I won't tell them to be consistent, because consistent liberterians are scary.

I think that could also have been cross-posted into !fuckcars@lemmy.world as well.

Yeah, american libertarians call themselves the wrong thing. The more correct term I find would be anarcho-capitalist, which is just all around a completely non-viable economic and governance system.

Lol, next you'll be telling me libertarianism only exists in any kind of numbers because the fossil fuel and meat lobbies want to pay less tax and abide by fewer regulations....

No, of course, they'll still charge a levy for people using THIER stuff to make money for themselves. In fact, its their favourite part. They love that bit. They just don't think it should apply to them.

In the same way an employee using their software/clients/computer/factory/property will be charged, a state will charge the owner for using their educated for force etc. etc. The only difference is the state-ness of one of the parties, even when companies can exist as a state.

However, they'll act like you just asked to fuck their mum when the subject of paying taxes comes up. Then, theyll look you dead in the eye and claim its a moral issue, without a hint of shame.

States can do one too. I'm just saying, don't fall for it. They either haven't critically evaluated it properly or they think you're an idiot.

Just a frame, a chain, two wheels, and some grease!

Libertarians are nothing but Republicans who dont want the baggage, anyway. So its hardly surprising that they act just like all the other right wing subreddits.

The dodge ram or just ram these days is the libertarian god.

Wow that's wonderful, what a brilliant creation. Kudos to the artist.

r/libertarian became the home for r/the_donald refugees. These people do not ride bikes and are immune to logic.

Missed putting a bit about how cars erode fourth amendment rights.

Libertarianism really is the most easily dismissed “ideology” of all because it can only work on the foundation of a governed entity like a country or state which it can suck the lifeblood out of.

It’s basically just thinkable as a LARP pastime for the ultra-selfish.

forced insurance in the us scammy as fuck though

The last point is incorrect. Here in Belgium if they take your drivers' license, you can be stopped on a bike as well. Anything except foot traffic really. Chances of getting caught are astronomically low, but it does happen.

r/libertarian seems kinda anti liberty

Was it the spelling mistake?

Very appealing, but when the home-work-home commute is over 80 miles per day, it just isn’t going to happen on a bicycle.

Not sure why this is being downvoted. Maybe everyone downvoting would like to take that daily commute. I’m not doing that this summer, in weather that is over 100F, while working one of two jobs that requires physical labor. Approximately 80 miles per day on a bicycle for at least three days out of the week, is not appealing to me.

Fuktards.