Markus FIN Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Hello everyone! I am 17 and I study in high school at the moment. I love history, politics, philosophy and economics! I am a Minarchist who believes that the Libertarian society can only be achieved via slowly reducing goverment size until it is small enough to be simply shut down. This means privatizing the current public sector and that way making the society less depended upon a state. A fast revolution or shutting down government in a flash would cause chaos to break out, so we need to go slowly. Slow and steady wins the race! Nice to meet you all, I hope I get to have a lot of good converstations! Markus FIN
ParaSait Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 17, that's pretty young! I'm 4 years older and I think I'm among the younger ones around here. When and how did you get into libertarian philosophy?
Kevin Beal Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Welcome to the boards! How small do you think the state needs to be to be able to safely shut it down?
Markus FIN Posted May 9, 2014 Author Posted May 9, 2014 17, that's pretty young! I'm 4 years older and I think I'm among the younger ones around here. :DWhen and how did you get into libertarian philosophy?My father works in a bank and when I was around 12, he thought me about the state and economics. I was immediately hooked and adopted his views on free market and the right to be succesfull in life. I immediately began hating the welfare state because it forced people to give something they earned to someone who had not. To me it was injustice and I became a Capitalist.After a few years I became even more sure that free market and economics are the way to go forward, not the state and public sector. I started debating about this with everyone I met and I even went on to meet the prime minister of Finland (Jyrki Katainen) and tell him about my views when he visited my home town right before an election. I was allowed a quick talk with him and I told him what I wanted this country to be and how I trusted him to do so (he is the head of the countries most economicly and socialy liberal party).So I came across libertarianism because I was watching some videos about global economics and suddenly I started watching some videos from LearnLiberty. After that I once clicked one of the videos from Stefan because I was annoyed that they kept coming in my feed. At first I felt like he was just another Utopist, but after a while I realised that the stuff he says has a good amount of truth behind it. The only thing I don't like about him is that I think he goes a bit hard on the people who try to question what he says. Not that what he says is wrong, but he comes off a bit "aggressive" at times. No offense though to Stefan, I know he means well.So after watching a few video I KNEW that I had to call him and talk to him about this. He seems like a smart guy and I always appreciate a good conversation, I just hope he doesn't go too hard on me if some of my ideas are not good enough. :/But overall that is why I am here. I am here to "fight" for everyones right to follow their dreams and make what they desire out of their lives. So in other words freedom of individuals and the right to not have your freedom being taken away by someone else.Markus FINWelcome to the boards! :)How small do you think the state needs to be to be able to safely shut it down?It differs by nation. But in a western country like Finland, USA or Canada it would mean roughly around the state only having the right to provide basic legal justice and the police. After that the only problem is how do we move the power to define what is legal and what is illegal to the private sector. I am still working on that. I would like to hear your idea! :)Markus FIN
ParaSait Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 Well, stick around for a while, you'll certainly learn a lot of new and interesting ideas around here. At FDR we have a profoundly different view on the nature of the state, and how to get rid of it...
Markus FIN Posted May 9, 2014 Author Posted May 9, 2014 Well, stick around for a while, you'll certainly learn a lot of new and interesting ideas around here. At FDR we have a profoundly different view on the nature of the state, and how to get rid of it... I will! I am all open for new ideas, I hope to hear a lot of them! PS: I will be discussing about this specific topic with Stefan 22.6.2014 in the Sunday show! I hope he understands what my point with Minarchism is and can give me some suggestions on how to improve it. Of course it is possible that my theory is really a horrible idea, but I hope it is not, because I try to find a solution to the problem with the state and freedom that benefits everyone. Markus FIN
bishal Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 More young the better Hello Markus, I am currently living in Finland. I am also interested in Libertarian Philosophy too. I hope we can chat in future. Regards Bishal
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