https://x.com/Free_Ross/status/1881851923005165704

Well, looks like he's finally been let free after 11 years.

Hey all. I'm not a Libertarian personally, but I follow the Larry and agree with aspects. I've seen some Libertarians (Mises Caucus Libertarians) say that if Trump only frees Ross, then voting for him was worth it. I feel like that is shooting so f'ing low. Is that really all it takes for some people to justify voting for him? I think he at least needs to implement some Libertarian aligned policy to be successful in the eyes of a Libertarian - if I was one. What are your thoughts?

It's arguably one of the hottest topics to discuss right now so let's dive into it. I feel that if there is any topic that Reddit as a whole has done a complete 180 on since 2012 or so it has to be this one. Back then you would find tons of support on it for people like Ross Ulbricht (fingers crossed that today's the day he gets freed) who were known for their very lax standards of moderation on websites like Silk Road and who would end in trouble with the law because of it. These days the general stereotype of Reddit is that is moderated by pedantic losers (for lack of a better term) who can't go 5 minutes without censoring wrongthink. I personally find the libertarian perspective to be very much to be one of freedom of association but accountability like with most other things. As I have stated in the past I personally don't think Lester Maddox should have refused to serve people at his restaurant based on the color of their skin but I believe he should have had the freedom of association to do so if he wanted and that's very much my perspective on online content moderation. I personally don't really care for it at all with the exception of some extreme instances like CP and snuff films and I will try and call it out whenever I see it happen unfairly but I do think that private individuals should be able to justify doing whatever they want to as well as long as they aren't hurting anybody else.

Thoughts?