• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    IMO, an entity that supports authoritarianism has no business associating itself with the Gadsden flag in the first place. So I’m not exactly sure what message this image is trying to convey. Is it saying that those who support liberty fundamentally support authoritarianism somehow? Is it calling out those who misappropriate the Gadsden flag?. Is it accusing those who espouse liberty of cowardice of inaction whilst they are oppressed by authoritarianism?

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      9 days ago

      when he said “Don’t tread on me” he was referring to his right to remain an enslaver. it’s impossible to misappropriate a libertarianism like his that at the same time as advocating for autonomy, also believes in bondage.

      if all libertarians were anti-state, anti-hierarchy and anti-capitalist (none of which hold true for him) the anarcho-capitalists would stop being associated with libertarianism. those are the people being made fun of in the picture.