libertarianism

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An open, user owned community for the general disscussion of the libertarian philosophy.

Libertarianism is the belief that each person has the right to live his life as he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.
Libertarians defend each person’s right to life, liberty, and property.
In the libertarian view, voluntary agreement is the gold standard of human relationships.
If there is no good reason to forbid something (a good reason being that it violates the rights of others), it should be allowed.
Force should be reserved for prohibiting or punishing those who themselves use force.

Most people live their own lives by that code of ethics. Libertarians believe that that code should be applied consistently, even to the actions of governments, which should be restricted to protecting people from violations of their rights. Governments should not use their powers to censor speech, conscript the young, prohibit voluntary exchanges, steal or “redistribute” property, or interfere in the lives of individuals who are otherwise minding their own business.

Source: https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/what-is-libertarianism

Rules

1. Stay on topic

We are a libertarian community. There are no restrictions regarding different stances on the political spectrum, but all posts should be related to the philosophy of libertarianism.

2. Be polite to others and respects each others opinions.

Be polite to others and respects each others opinions. We don't want any form of gatekeeping or circlejerk culture here.

3. Stay constructive and informational

In general, all types of contributions are allowed, but the relevance to this community must always be evident and presented openly by the contributor. Posts that do not meet these requirements will be removed after a public warning. Also remember to cite you sources!

4. Use self-moderation measures first before reporting.

This community is fundamentally built upon freedom of speech. Since everyone understands libertarianism differently and we do not want to exclude any kind of content a priori, we appeal to the individual users to block/mute posts or users who do not meet their requirements. Please bear this in mind when filing a report

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

PropaGandalf@lemmy.world

HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world

Shaping the rules together with you and some general info (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to c/libertarianism@lemmy.world

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Hello fellow libertarians,

After receiving some good feedback in a thread yesterday I was encouraged to maintain the open and user driven character of this community. I have therefore made the community description including rules a little more precise. I don't want to leave them as they are now, but offer you, the users, the possibility to give feddback and suggestions for improvement. You can start giving feedback right in the comments.

I realize that this approach is subobtimal, because in the best case there is no need for a central power center like the mods. I would like to give this community fully in the hands of the users, but since this is not possible, I try to achieve this goal as much as possible with the current means. Make all mods is also not an option, because otherwise all would have the power to lock out others which would certainly quickly lead to a disaster. But we must not forget: Lemmy is an open platform. Maybe we as a community can set a good example and show that it also works best with self-regulation of the content.

Update 1

I added some text to describe the ideas of libertarianism a bit better. Please feel free to make adjustments by writing them down in the comments.

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[–] FxtrtTngoWhisky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lol, first, why is this post being down voted?

Second, why is no one commenting?

Third, we'll, my suggestion would be to keep it simple:

Remain respectful.

[–] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Hey, thank you very much for your comment. A community is what its members make of it. If people don't like it or feel somehow attacked, that's ultimately their business.

But back to your suggestion: Do you think we should focus the rules on this one only? If so, nothing should stand in the way from my point of view. At the beginning I had this rule together with a second rule saying to "stay on topic" as the only restrictions. The current 4th rule is also more of a warning, maybe we can place it somewhere else in the community description. Not that people get the idea that this is a strictly moderated community (as it was unfortunately the case on reddit).

Also, while we are on the subject of open self centered moderation: Do you have any idea how we could control this community according to these principles of selfmoderation? In my opinion, this community on this open platform is the perfect place to try out a new, transparent and user-centric way of digital exchange. Maybe we can even suggest some improvements for the whole platform, concerning this kind of community moderation...