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Old 18th February 2009, 04:49 PM
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Old 18th February 2009, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by fivepointTULIP View Post
ooh ooh, count me in!
You know, the thing I love about Libertarianism is that people of all stripes can come together and agree on most of it, because there really are no "theological" underpinings to being libertarian in principle. It supports all creeds, yet caters to none. Atheistic libertarians can fight side by side with Catholic (even Catholics and Calvinists can peacefully work together ) libertarians and not point fingers at each other. Its awesome.
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I'm more of a minarchist.

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Originally Posted by MerchantofMenace View Post
I'm more of a minarchist.

Ya, me too.
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Question:

I would describe myself as a social libertarian who has moved to the left on fiscal issues, esp. jobs and the complete failure of trickle-down neo-con BS.

Can I participate here or no?
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Originally Posted by Anoetos View Post
Question:

I would describe myself as a social libertarian who has moved to the left on fiscal issues, esp. jobs and the complete failure of trickle-down neo-con BS.

Can I participate here or no?
On the social issues, sure, on the fiscal issues, one of the cornerstones of libertarianism is minimal government (minarchism). It isn't a "neo-con" thing, because libertarians don't espouse large standing armies (because large, standing armies can be used by the government to enforse policy. We also don't endorse social entitlement programs, believing that charities are much better suited for taking care of social problems than government. Essentially, it holds the premise elucidated by Jefferson, "A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take everything you have."
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Question:

I would describe myself as a social libertarian who has moved to the left on fiscal issues, esp. jobs and the complete failure of trickle-down neo-con BS.

Can I participate here or no?
Left on fiscal issues means bigger government and less individual liberty. Forced wealth redistribution is not an idea that matches up well with libertarianism.
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Left on fiscal issues means bigger government and less individual liberty. Forced wealth redistribution is not an idea that matches up well with libertarianism.
That and "constitutional" libertarians, such as myself, understand that the Constitution promises the pursuit of happiness, not the guarantee of it. A free market economy with a minarchist government brings out the best in a morally grounded society. It demands people to take risks and compete. Competition makes the good, great. Socialism and the removal of competition does the reverse, it makes the great good and equally distributes misery.
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Well this is the place for me then.
When I was younger I voted more left, as I grew in knowledge and experience I moved more to the right.

Now I find myself solidly Libertarian.
This current American administration, with it's cult-of-personality, power grabs, lunatic spending, massive build up of government is disgusting.
That's why I enjoy pokin' at the Dems right now.
Blind faith in some Obamessiah is frightening in it's implications.
Waiting for the "shave-tattoo-exterminate" portion of policy.
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We have Catholic and Calvinist libertarians, now let's add a Pentecostal libertarian to the mix.

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I'm probably more of a Goldwater conservative than a real libertarian, but OTOH Goldwater was more a libertarian than a conservative anyway, and was the closest thing to a real libertarian nominee the Republicans had since Calvin Coolidge.
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