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Paul Croisiere's avatar

Unrestraint for the powerful to consolidate power.

Unrestraint for the wealthy to rewrite the rules.

Unrestraint for private actors to govern without consent, oversight, or consequence.

- Libertarians oppose all government power except that of the police to protect them from their slaves. -Kim Stanley Robinson

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Philip DeWalt's avatar

To my understanding Libertarianism is a fairly simple concept. At its core is the principle of only allowing the federal government the powers directly given them by the constitution and give all others to the states, allowing them free rein to manage as they see fit, thus no federal war on drugs or income taxes for example. This would, theoretically, allow states the freedom to make their own decisions on these issues, and if you don’t like the way things are run in the state where you live, you’re free to move to a one that’s more to your liking.

Of course the problem with this, putting corruption aside, is civil rights, which the federal government does have the right to intervene in, and left to their own devices states WILL discriminate against their own citizens in horrific ways. We’re seeing it today.

This also doesn’t take into account the way libertarianism has morphed from their core tenets to a much more virulent and intolerant menace today either.

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