Leftists are welcome and all but please read at least your own theory and like… two of ours before you come here

I can’t respond to every single “gotcha” response when I make a comment. Most of you haven’t even read leftist theory, or any, and I don’t have the time and energy to respond. Some key highlights:

1) respecting individual rights does not negate individual moral responsibility. It is the opposite. Individuals are the only actors capable of empathetic action, and if you’d just read some books already discussing this, you’d get the drift.

2) capitalism, also known as letting individuals own their own actions, is both objectively and morally the only way to ensure cooperation is voluntary and

3) if people are ends in themselves, and individuals are moral actors, voluntarism is basically the only moral framework we have. Otherwise, you are imposing your will upon those who cannot consent.

4) information asymmetry is and has been addressed so many times in so many ways.

Most arguments are based in this last point. They still don’t hold water. If you’d literally pick up any book written by a libertarian or Austrian Economist, this would not only be obvious but you’d have your “answer.” While there may be overlap, the two are not the same.

In conclusion; please read books.

Edit: economics is an applied science. It doesn’t have consistent quantifiable results. It does have consistent qualitative results. Because it is in the realm of social sciences and morality, it must rely on base principles which are largely determined by individual morality.

At some point, there is such a gap between individual philosophy which makes argument not only unproductive, but stupid. If you do not believe that individuals are ends in themselves, you will not find a satisfactory answer in this sub.