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According to this study, you agree with "libertarian philosophy" if you agree with the following statement > I would like to live in a society where government
by pdog 9y ago
According to this study, you agree with "libertarian philosophy" if you agree with the following statement
> I would like to live in a society where government does nothing except provide national defense and police protection, so that people could be left alone to earn whatever they could.
What a joke. Of course, it turns out that technology entrepreneurs are not really libertarians when you ask it like that. What if they asked individuals whether they agree or disagree with the following statement:
> I believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world.
Would they get a different response?
- pricechild 9y agoIt'd be interesting to see their definition of "national defense"...
- pavlov 9y agoIf that's not what True Libertarians think, maybe it's time for some PR to explain to the public what it actually is?
- nolepointer 9y agoWhat we think of as "true libertarian" is, I guess, right-libertarian. There is, therefore, also left-libertarian, which is probably a more appropriate classification.
- looki 9y agoWhat strikes me as incredible is that 44% of Democrats agreed with the original statement. I'm not an American, but isn't that totally incompatible with the party's ideals? EDIT: The fact that the vast majority of them agreed with the two options that are for redistribution of wealth kind of confirm that, in my opinion.
- chamby 9y agoI would say that our two party system is why this seems so strange to foreigners. Americans with nuanced opinions must shoehorn themselves into Republican or Democrat to participate in our democracy. This often means compromising on your ideals to have your voice heard on whatever issue is most important to you at the time.