I’m glad this was over what sort of games Steam sells and pushing back against payment processors, but the flipside to this is how Steam has far too lax moderation of its community forums as well (which is explicitly part of Gaben’s position here). Billionaires aren’t your friends, Gabe is politically a weird libertarian that people just happen to like, and Steam’s community is one of its most toxic features.
I ask this without knowing anything about the man, but is he a libertarian or some variant of anarchist / anarchist adjacent?
Some people forget that subversive/loyalist is a separate axis from the progressive/conservative axis, so a lot of anarchist-adjacents get labeled “weird libertarian”. Probably doesn’t help that governments target and propagandize anyone who’s dumb enough to openly use the anarchist label. On the other hand most libertarians are weird, so…
My brother or sister or enby in Christ, it’s 2026 and this is Lemmy. Stop using political compasses like a 4chan poster. Talking about “the axes” is so childish and unserious I actually read your comment as satire at first.
There is more to political ideology than a 2-axis compass. To explain the differences between Libertarianism and Anarchism to another adult involves talking about the ideas and history, not a chart you saw on 4chan.
Sure you can. Anarchy is not a system of economics. Its just a political philosophy It can entirely coexist with a economic system that also would allow for billionaires to exist.
Market oriented mutualism and individualistic anarchism. Both support the existence of billionaires and are some of the more likely forms of anarchism to exist in a long term stable form.
So yeah… You may want to actually stop while your ahead. “Honey”.
I’m glad this was over what sort of games Steam sells and pushing back against payment processors, but the flipside to this is how Steam has far too lax moderation of its community forums as well (which is explicitly part of Gaben’s position here). Billionaires aren’t your friends, Gabe is politically a weird libertarian that people just happen to like, and Steam’s community is one of its most toxic features.
Quick political compass digression:
I ask this without knowing anything about the man, but is he a libertarian or some variant of anarchist / anarchist adjacent? Some people forget that subversive/loyalist is a separate axis from the progressive/conservative axis, so a lot of anarchist-adjacents get labeled “weird libertarian”. Probably doesn’t help that governments target and propagandize anyone who’s dumb enough to openly use the anarchist label. On the other hand most libertarians are weird, so…
My brother or sister or enby in Christ, it’s 2026 and this is Lemmy. Stop using political compasses like a 4chan poster. Talking about “the axes” is so childish and unserious I actually read your comment as satire at first.
There is more to political ideology than a 2-axis compass. To explain the differences between Libertarianism and Anarchism to another adult involves talking about the ideas and history, not a chart you saw on 4chan.
you can’t be an anarchist and a billionaire honey.
You can be an anarcho-capitalist though. Don’t think Gabe falls into this category though.
No, that’s literally just capitalism.
Anarchism and capitalism are antithetical to each other, capitalism is a system of capital ownership that creates economic heirarchy.
Heirarchy and anarchy are mutually exclusive polar opposites.
Sure you can. Anarchy is not a system of economics. Its just a political philosophy It can entirely coexist with a economic system that also would allow for billionaires to exist.
Market oriented mutualism and individualistic anarchism. Both support the existence of billionaires and are some of the more likely forms of anarchism to exist in a long term stable form.
So yeah… You may want to actually stop while your ahead. “Honey”.