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@freepatriot They didn't live there.

Actually, the USSR was a huge success at motivating America and raising American and Western European living standards. The fear of Communism made Western elites treat the masses better. Those gains were all clawed back once Communism fell.

But it sucked to actually live under Communism.

@monarchist @freepatriot Interesting. Intangible commons. First time I heard of this concept. Maybe something for a future blog post for you? Unless you already have it somewhere on your site. =)

@monarchist @freepatriot Hah! You just wait until someone figures out a way to extract value from the moon at a profit. Then the moon will be "owned" as quickly as it takes to write a contract or a "constitution". ;)

@h4890 @freepatriot

Yes, it's a collaboration with longtime homies.

The problem is that the intangible commons will always be there: public behavior, goodwill toward each other, ability to agree on anything.

Without that, everything is a two-hour HOA meeting...

@h4890 @freepatriot

kind of interesting

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-moon-problem.html

https://denvergazette.com/news/public-safety/police/castle-rock-police-excessive-force-lawsuit/article_3f2757e8-0c7f-11ef-a454-ffeb89d031ef.html

@monarchist @freepatriot Agreed! I think that is an excellent start! By starting with cutting out all the problems of todays world, I suspect you and I would follow a common path pretty far, before we might start to diverge on some questions.

My problem with monarchy is that it is also unstable. All it takes is one bad ruler and the house collapses. This has been seen time and time again in history. That being said however, monarchy does have its benefits as well!

I think a lot could be

@monarchist @freepatriot I agree! Libertarianism only takes you to the point where you have the maximum amounf of time and resources to devote to.... X.

That X, is up to you. Be it religion, philosophy, science etc. That activity is probably one of your core values.

Looking to myself, since I do have some amount of liberty (more than the average man) I spend it on philosophy, furthering the cause of liberty (like here), my family,

@monarchist @freepatriot Yes. Either that, or you could take some inspiration from oil platforms and current experimental sea based wind power farms, and with that technological foundation, you might even be able to build something on rocky waters that might feel fairly stable! That would push the project into the billions though. =/

The micro version, perpetually travelling on a yacht between caribbean islands is available a lot more easily though! ;)

@monarchist @freepatriot That is the questions of if we look at it in a binary way or a vastly larger scale.

Maybe it can be argued that societies need a certain "baseline" level of liberty in order to be successful. If you drop below that level, society will retrogress to medieval living standards. See the starvation in soviet and maoist china as examples of when liberty was cut back too much.

But a minimum level of liberty does not make society free.

But the question is interesting!

@monarchist @freepatriot is one about the problems of libertarianism (of which there are a few) when it "collides" with the real world.

@monarchist @freepatriot Could you elaborate?

Meaning for me, and goals, are subjective things, and hence something I invent and impose on myself.

What do you mean when you say that it cannot be done? I have done it myself, and am doing it constantly, so I think I misunderstand you here.

Let's also put aside the dystopic situation where goals are imposed on others through marketing and psyops. That can happen, but of course goes against the spirit of libertarianism, but that discussion,

@monarchist @freepatriot Ah.. is this your show?

As for the tragedy of the commons, the easy cure is to eliminate the commons, and the tragedy is eliminated as well.

There are many cases where private management of nature and resources, is vastly more effective at conserving nature or the resource, than public mgmt.

But yes... I do agree culture is important! So are common goals, or win/win situations _if_ you want to cooperate with others.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-nyc-grocery-stores-scheme-draws-fresh-scrutiny-as-video-of-empty-city-owned-missouri-market-goes-viral/

@monarchist @freepatriot Exactly!! And if you need to save at the beginning of your career, work as much as you like! And if, towards the end of your career, you want to take it easy, ramp down. You decide! And depending on your choice, you get paid more or less.

Jobs at large corporations or organizations kill the soul. They deprive man of meaning reducing him to a cogwheel, someone anonymous in a big machine.

There he is trapped and works until he is