Communists have May Day. Nationalists have July 4th or their local equivalent. But libertarians have nothing. The way people think about love is the last relic of the way that libertarians think about everything. Love operates on the non-aggression principle. To a first approximation, the only rule is that you may not seize it by force. Otherwise, anything goes. Love is unfair. Some people go on dozens of dates with supermodels, then have happy marriages with their perfect partner.
Other people die alone, through no fault of their own. They were born ugly, or with fewer social skills, or with less money, or disconnected from the social networks that would allow them to meet good partners. Usually when something is this unfair, we demand it be made fairer, maybe through redistribution. In love, nobody demands this - except incels, who are universally loathed for it. Love is unsafe. A mistake in love will ruin your life.
Usually when something is this dangerous, we regulate it. Nobody is allowed to date without a license. Centralized government database of who is in a relationship with whom at any given time.
After three messy breakups, you have to take a remedial relationship skills class before you can date again. If someone thinks you rejected them because of their race, they can sue for unlawful discrimination. Am I joking? Probably some of these policies would make the world a better place overall, at least as a first-order effect.
So why am I against them? Why is everyone against them? This is how people used to think about everything else 1. But for some reason, everyone still has the gut feeling about love 2. The most fragile thing in the world is a social consensus in favor of freedom.
