In essence, the “social contract” boils down to: “I can’t assert my rights if I don’t respect yours.” From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
and why the left (and the right) are misunderstanding libertarianism
it seems that a number of criticisms of libertarianism have come into vogue of late. they tend to align into two general camps.
this meme is basically a rorschach test/sorting hat to elicit a reader’s priors on that.
the right reads this and says “see, all libertarians ultimately have to grow up and join us!” as soon as one becomes active or oppositional to other individuals or groups, it is seen as “giving up your libertarian principles and getting real.” then they get angry about “not voting for our big government programs because we know the correct way to abridge rights and redistribute wealth.”
the left reads this and says “see, all libertarians are really just right-wing extremists hiding behind being pro-weed or maybe gay!” they all want to oppress us and take our “rights” then they produce a laundry list of positive rights like healthcare, housing, or welfare that amount to the involuntary indenture of others in order to produce such “free” goods and services.
both find this to be some sort of “own.”
neither is correct.
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.” Benito Mussolini
I love the Wizard Of Oz meme of the Strawman up in flames and the we all voted fair and square caption.
We’re all in this together, comrade, no shirking.