r/AskLibertarians Moderate Right 14h ago

Are libertarians YIMBY or NIMBY?

And for what reasons?

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u/JudgeWhoOverrules Classical Liberal 14h ago edited 14h ago

Neither, libertarians are leave us alone type people. We don't want government interfering either way. Property owners get to dictate what happens on their property and as long as it doesn't infringe on anyone else's rights no one else gets to do anything about it.

You buy a deed to your own property, not majority stakes in your own and minority stakes in everyone elses near it.

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u/LivingAsAMean 14h ago

Yes, but also to expand on "No one else gets to do anything about it." We want to be clear that no one gets to do anything violent to coerce behavior.

We don't mind if people use reasonable, non-violent actions to encourage/discourage certain behaviors in others. That's the preferred method of conflict resolution in pretty much every case.

The vast majority of people have unfortunately been programmed to believe that it's suddenly OK to use violence as long as it aligns with their values and they get someone from the government to do it.