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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Normal people have their behavior regulated by family, partners, and work. It's only the ownership class and psychopaths who worry about being reined in by the government. Libertarians have spiders in their brains.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Miscegny, abortion, sodomy, war on drugs...

There's plenty of things the government has (and it's trying to have) blocked that "normal" people should worry about

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Have you ever noticed the people who don't want lead in the gasoline are not the same people who are trying to ban abortion?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Regulations on business and production of resources don't infringe on my personal liberties.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So you'd fear a government that has banned abortion? Damn, you must be a psychopath or part of the ruling class or something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Some states making it illegal to be homeless. I'm sure the 14th amendment won't be used for nefarious purposes... /s

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey this is the "I have nothing to hide" argument for privacy. I think wanting people to have freedom from suspicion by the government is based. You're not gonna find me agreeing with any right wing "libertarian" positions like low taxes. My libertarianism is more about... Policing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree. I've been listening to behind the bastards a lot, and the host is basically a pretty radical dude in favor of maximizing personal and civic freedoms and social safety nets.

At this point I feel like we should be called the neo-libroanarchists or something. It seems like every political faction in the US is trying to restrict something just because.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Social libertarians is what you're looking for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The right wing think tanks have a deliberate strategy of stealing leftist words.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s only the ownership class and psychopaths who worry about being reined in by the government.

I guess you forgot the badge-wearing fascists with itchy trigger fingers stalking your neck of the woods with the express purpose of visiting violence upon you if you step out of line.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Who uses the badge wearing fascists to control you? The ownership class. Guess who is the ownership class? Not you and I.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Username applies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Human nature is determined by material conditionsss

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow cool the most dystopian sentiment possible!