BackAgain
Neutronium Member & truth speaker #StopBrandon
As a general rule, a list of things that you don’t favor isn’t much of a position statement.This can be the start of debate, or just a bit of disclaimer for me.
I'm libertarian. As I predicted in the introductions thread, I seem to be disagreeing with progressives/leftists on here and thus may appear to some of you to be right-wing. So, here's where I'm not right-wing:
Pretty much any right-wing belief that opposes liberty or equality of opportunity, or that favors government involvement in areas in which the government should butt out.
So - even though I wish there were far fewer abortions, or even no abortions - I don't favor banning them.
I don't favor prayers in public schools, because I think the 1A does not allow government officials to establish a religion in a tax-funded institution.
As a libertarian, I'd like to see government get out of the business of licensing marriage, but if they do license marriage, it should be available to all sexes, all perceived genders and in any number - barring under-age marriage. Libertarianism is for adults.
I don't favor the war on drugs.
I don't favor the wars in the middle-east.
I don't favor going to war to protect Taiwan.
The MIC has been wagging the dog far to long, IMHO.
As a Constitutional conservative, I am a fan of liberty, equality, individual rights and sovereignty and the consent of the governed.
I recognize (as do many libertarians) that governmental authority tends to require the use of force or the threatened use of force in certain circumstances. That certainly come at odds with the goal of individual liberty and freedom. But it is seen as a necessity if government is to be able to actually govern.
For those and other reasons, I favor government which is limited and obliged to be limited. Our Constitutional Republic of enumerated powers, federalism, divided power, checks and balances and so forth was designed with that in mind. WE are our own sovereigns. We are not “subjects.”
A fellow poster noted, QUITE CORRECTLY, that, properly understood, the concept of libertarianism is NOT supposed to be synonymous with Anarchy. In the same vein, we didn’t crest this Republic to have a neutered government. We wanted to keep it within proper bounds. But we still wanted it to do the very job for which governments exist.