Russia’s war on Ukraine exposes great libertarian divide

[Rotadom]

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe...great-libertarian-divide-20221006-p5bnp9.html

Russia’s war on Ukraine has exposed a deep divide within the world of libertarians, who typically champion personal rights and freedoms while opposing the excessive powers of government.

For libertarians in countries near Russia, like Poland and Estonia, the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine is government tyranny writ large. The Russian state has invaded Ukraine, unleashing a wave of violence that deprives Ukrainians of their right to live peacefully.

American libertarians – highly sceptical, even cynical, of the role of government – are ambivalent about US wars. In 2003, libertarian-leaning Ron Paul, then a congressman, famously bucked his fellow Republicans in their rush to war against Iraq, attracting a surge of support.

For libertarians in or near Ukraine, the convergence of views from American libertarians and the Kremlin is a source of irritation, if not alarm.
When President Joe Biden spoke in the days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Libertarian Party, which has a small but vocal membership of more than 600,000, called on Americans to hold the White House accountable “for demonstrating a commitment to peace”.

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[LupusDei]

I think the divide is very simple: it's along lines of ignorance and self absorbed behavior, with is at large not at all surprising from "libertarian" crowds, even before considering how many of them are caught up in bubbles of pseudo information purposefully cultivated by the adversary for decades.

What manifest as hot war in Ukraine is the sharpest case of conflict between world of opportunity against world of subjugation there could be, but you need to understand the underlying culture to see it.

Russia is fighting for return to feudalism, and certain class all around the world are happy to help them, believing they are equally entitled. And useful idiots that equate opportunity with successful scams are cheering them on, together with willful slaves.