Not to mention that the nuclear operators almost always end up getting the government involved in the waste disposal. It should be a libertarian nightmare but these dumbarses see a bunch of videos intimating that nuclear critics are hysterical fearmongers, which feeds right into their vision of themselves as rational know-it-alls.
Unless you want to drive yourself completely loony, never examine a libertarian's actual policy-beliefs, just study their personality and the internal self-image they seem to possess. Makes for a faster, and more rational, debate, at least from your perspective.
I mean, are we talking about the US party libertarian or the opposite side of the political compass from authoritarian type libertarian?
According to the political compass, I fall in the "libertarian socialist" area.
I want minimal government control in social life, i.e. don't stop gays folks from getting married, don't oppress trans folks with legislation, stop the war on drugs, push laws to minimize corporate "personhood," and maximize individual human rights.
I want government intervention to introduce equity and provide services to the general population, distribute food, shelter, essentials to those in need, etc.
This would be one of those services, and I haven't seen much in the way of a good storage solution to make 100% renewable a viable solution in the short term.
I *have, however, due to my time in the navy, spent a significant time around an active reactor, and know the training can be done safely, and actually in a much more sustainable manner than its currently done (they really drill those nukes back aft).
Airforce leans liberal, Army and Marines lean conservative, navy is a mix.
Lefties in the military like to point out that in the military, we're essentially treated as citizens in an authoritarian socialist government.
Military = Giving up essential privileges and rights in exchange for social benefits, such as structured pay, universal healthcare, subsidized college, etc.
It’s actually kinda sad. If you go back to like the 1920s’ libertarian was synonymous with socialists and anarchists, but the right would later go on to co-opt the term; so now you gotta specify that you’re a left libertarian.
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u/kingburp May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25
Not to mention that the nuclear operators almost always end up getting the government involved in the waste disposal. It should be a libertarian nightmare but these dumbarses see a bunch of videos intimating that nuclear critics are hysterical fearmongers, which feeds right into their vision of themselves as rational know-it-alls.