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I am a Libertarian Constitutionalists. |
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LONG LIVE LIBERTARIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes.
We the people, by the people, for the people of the united states. |
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In the United States we definitely need a smaller government. At this moment, we have sub-committee
upon sub-committee on a committee to find out why the pigeon population in New York is increasing.
While this may be an overexaggeration it is only slight. Following World War II the size of
government exploded, and now with the debt and budget getting wildly out of hand its time for
government to tighten its own belt , by reducing payroll, instead of increasing taxes or cutting
programs. |
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Libertarianism is about individual freedom, unhindered not only by state intervention, but also by
restraints placed on it by any other institution of authority. In my mind, libertarianism involves
the questioning of authority and establishments. As such, there is a tendency for many libertarians
to be quite critical of organized religion. There is, however, such a thing as left-wing
libertarianism, which is probably a much smaller movement in the United States than its right-centre
counterpart. Leftist libertarians tend to have more in common with anarchists and while they usually
advocate personal freedoms and the questioning of authority, they also have a very socialist
understanding of equality. I can't help but detect a major contradiction in this, considering that
the only way to achieve equality among people who support wealth based on merit is to have
government force it down their throats.
Some libertarian politicians have been very eloquent in presenting their views, including Ron Paul
during the current Republican nomination battle. Paul was easily the most intellectually honest and
vigorous of all Republican candidates. Yet my main problem with libertarianism is that I believe
that humans are, by nature, selfish and that most of us place our own interests before those of
others, even on an unconscious level. As such, government can play a useful role in fomenting a
certain degree of solidarity within communities. |
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I basically agree. If humans have a nasty side, then if they are in power over others, this is very
risky for the amount of harm they can inflict. Libertarianism recognizes this, and says: I'm
better off without a "Big Brother" with great power and authority over me, I would rather take the
chances more on my own, with just limited absolute power over me. |
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I totally agree. People who are uneducated are the ones who want government to make their decisions
and provide for them. Government is failing us in the US, we need less from them, certainly NOT
more. |
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I completely agree with you. And also Thomas jefferson's statement as well. The less government we
have is the better. Crime will always be. No matter the enforcement the government tries to inflict
upon us citizens |
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You have the jist of it correct. There are many varying degrees of Libertarianism as an absolute
within most libertarians. I was a card carrying libertarian for a long while, then i just got
discouraged. I even voted for Ron Paul, back when he was the Libertarian candidate (I think in the
90s). I also agree with you in the direction of the US, but as major countries go, we have some of
the least amount of government.
You are also correct that most people don't know what it is. |
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This is generally how I understand the term. One of the main reasons I dislike, to put it mildly,
our current Labour government is because they want to control everything, they tend not to believe
in people's personal responsibility. Small government is the ideal that they seem to be unable or
unwilling to grasp. |
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21 May 2008 19:28
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