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Everyone is a libertarian — when it comes to their own liberties. Other ideologies vary, insofar as they devalue and restrict differing sunsets of other people
by pjkundert 7y ago
Everyone is a libertarian — when it comes to their own liberties.
Other ideologies vary, insofar as they devalue and restrict differing sunsets of other peoples’ liberty.
So it is always strange to me that valuing other’s liberty as highly as my own is now being considered as “radical”.
And, I’m always ready and willing to lay down my life to defend my liberty — and yours.
I find is also strange that the political ideologies deemed non “radical” are willing to demand that I defend their liberty with my life — but would throw me and my loved ones under the bus without blinking.
But, I’m the “radical” one...
- peterwwillis 7y agoIt sounds a bit like you've got an axe to grind more than you want to actually discuss political philosophy, and that might be more the reason why other people don't want to discuss it. (And for what it's worth, 'radical' isn't pejorative... Pretty much anything that isn't social progressivism or social conservativism is radical in this country)