The Libertarian Utopia That’s Just a Bunch of White Guys on a Tiny Island
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I'm a supporter of the libertarian movement and I have never come across anyone or anything that equates libertarianism with oppression. Just the opposite, actually. It's about, as the name implies, individual liberty.
So what on earth is it about Liberland that has to do with being a heaven for 'disaffected white men' and an implied oppression of women? I admit I skimmed through some sections, but I could not find any substantiation. I did find: "Monika Chlumská, Liberland’s Foreign Minister, also serves as its secretary and general coordinator."
I could not tell you what on earth is it that is going on with the themes in this article. It focuses heavy emphasis on a negatively-connotated theme of white males without any substantiation.
Just as Paul Graham talks of submarine pieces which are adverts in disguise, the same thing happens with political messages dressed up as something else.
This severely annoys me when it is in the world of fiction.
The recent Sherlock Holmes (BBC) is an extraordinary example of this. Sherlock is no longer interested in solving crimes (!!!!) when a proto-feminist movement may be behind them. Another one is readings from the Koran in Eastenders, a daytime TV soap in the UK. This sort of stuff is designed to sway the minds of the less intelligent. That is plain and simple what is going on.
I do not like it when fictional characters are telling me what to think politically. It is beyond farcical. It makes me think the message must not have any substance to it, that it would sound stupid to anybody if it were declared out loud what it was.