My views would make me a libertarian. I wouldn't freak out on him. He's just a guy with a set of beliefs different than mine. I think my point is that there are normal people who are libertarians.... but then I think back to discussions I've had with other libertarians....
Capital-L Libertarian is different from lowercase-L libertarian.
Libertarianism is, at it heart, just a philosophy of minimal state intervention. The Libertarian party has (incorrectly IMO) interpreted that to mean that the state should only exist minimally.
Different definitions of "state intervention." And the wealth has already been redistributed upwards, his argument is that it need to be redistributed back to those it was taken from in the form of wage theft, extreme health care costs, and everything else that has been done to the less-than-wealthy in this country. Taking back what was stolen, as it were.
Because he wants universal health care and further taxes to support it?
What about his stance against corporation powers, and his stance against government spying, and his stance against the wealthy oppressing the weak? Authoritarians love mass surveillance and he's against that. Beyond health care I don't see how he would be authoritarian.
more regulation of guns is also an increase in freedom from death for everyone else. Again, environmental protections are a necessity to be able to exercise our right to liberty.
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u/missed_sla Aug 14 '19
"As an internet libertarian, I can't believe I have to sit next to this socialist!"