• @bartolomeo@suppo.fi
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    03 months ago

    How are redistribution and workers owning production centralization? I mean from a “libertarian perspective”.

    • @UmpquaRiver@lemmy.ml
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      03 months ago

      When I say redistribution, I mean someone taking from one person and distributing what they took to others. In practical terms that means taxes and government programs. That centralizes power to the government to make decisions how redistribution happens and who benefits. Or so is the Libertarian argument.

      The workers owning production is a bit more complex. I think most libertarians would point to the like of Soviet Communism where state power organized labor. Again, centralization. But private co-ops and such exist so I don’t think they can mark it across the the board.

      • @insufferableninja@lemdro.id
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        03 months ago

        libertarians believe wholeheartedly in freedom of association and the right to voluntary exchange. As soon as you start talking forced anything, you’ve lost us.