What's The End Game?
I've long taken a two-fold approach to libertarianism. There is the idealized libertarian society, which generates endless argument among armchair theorizers and navel-gazers, and there is the "how do we get there" matter, which unfortunately doesn't get nearly enough (though I give good and proper credit to the think tanks and news outlets such as Reason for focusing on changes rather than end-state). Across both these 'categories,' I continue to conclude that more liberty = better for humanity. Liberty, including individual rights, capitalism, the free market system, and other subsets or labels, has by far outstripped every other form of societal structure in improving the lot of the people within. Even if one disagrees, however, it'd be incorrect to conclude that liberty’s advocates don't have an end goal in mind. Political activism usually starts with a perceived injustice and builds a desired outcome.
Setting aside George Santayana's aphorism about fanaticism ("... consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim"), it's fair to ponder the goal or goals of any advocate or activist.
This troubles me quite a bit when I look at the race essentialists at the fore of social justice, Critical Race Theory, the DEI and ESG movements, and "woke" in general. Their message does not seem to include any sort of harmonious outcome, and instead is most likely, IMO, one of either separatism or permanent racial division.
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