Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle?

BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• LongLive@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Did you mean “gradient” instead of “spectrum”?

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• AfterNova@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why is not a spectrum?

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  • dusty_raven@discuss.online ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why would it be?

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    • AfterNova@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Different ngos would compete for a govenment funding contract.

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  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because you can’t really have parts of both.

    Either you have wealth redistribution, or you don’t. A lower amount is still wealth redistribution.

    You can have a government, or you don’t. A smaller government is still a government.

    So if someone wants some wealth redistribution, and some government. They are just arguing how much of a Libertarian Socialist they are, not how much of a anarcho-capitalist they are.

    I personally am a Social Democrat. Capitalism is good most of the time, just make sure you’re holding the reigns tight so it goes in the right direction. Skip capitalism altogether for specific industries where it just doesn’t do very well and have the government run those ones directly.

    I’m neither a libertarian socialist, nor an anarcho-capitalist. Not even close to either of them, because again, it isn’t a spectrum.

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    • AfterNova@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Can social welfare programs be rolled out mostly (but not completely) outside of the state through ngos and non-profits?

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      • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It depends on what you mean by social welfare programs.

        A basic income system requires very little administration, and what parts of it are required wouldn’t make sense to have it sitting outside the government.

        I’d rather see a basic income than need non-profit food banks needing to exist. Grocery stores already exist, are reasonably competitive, and are enormously more efficient if people have the money available to use them.

        For things like helping people with disabilities, where economies of scale are mostly irrelevant, ngos and non-profits can make more sense because they can specialize according to the need.

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  • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What would it be a spectrum of? Either you think society needs to be ruled by elites (right wing) or you think society should run itself based on universal rights (left wing).

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    • AfterNova@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How would you have elites without government?

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      • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Are you asking why governments exist or what classes are?

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  • GrammarPolice@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because it’s an axis

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