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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Aug 3rd 2011 at 4:38:59 AM

Or you know, just go and do your own thing, it's cool.

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Loid from Eastern Standard Time Since: Jun, 2011
#2: Aug 3rd 2011 at 4:46:42 AM

This is more suited for Troper Covens and they already have this thread in OTC.

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#3: Aug 3rd 2011 at 4:57:52 AM

God dam it.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#5: Aug 4th 2011 at 1:03:44 PM

It is now. smile

(No, I didn't do it, not a mod here.)

Anyway, I have to admit that when I saw the thread title, the first thought was about whether "Libertarian" was capitalized because it started the title, or was referring to "Big 'L' Libertarians", as in those in the Libertarian Party.

For the record, I'm a "small 'l' libertarian" in general. I was formerly a member of the LP, but was turned off by the tone taken by True Believers(tm) that held (hold? Haven't looked lately) many of the higher positions in the party hierarchy.

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randomtropeloser Since: Jan, 2001
alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher from Ëa Since: Nov, 2009
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#7: Aug 6th 2011 at 10:47:55 PM

Will everyone in Covens please shut up about uniting? I don't feel like uniting with much of anyone. tongue </complain>

So! Yeah! Libertarianism. Right.

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ekuseruekuseru 名無しさん from Australia Since: Oct, 2009
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#8: Aug 10th 2011 at 11:22:14 PM

I guess I'm a moderate libertarian, but I prefer to use the term "classic liberal" or "voluntaryist". Unfortunately, as much as I like the idea of letting people do their own thing, there seems to be a certain threshold past which you simply can't trust people not to mess things up. You can, however, absolve society of responsibility for them if you provide some basic services. So, yeah, go the free market, and go individual freedoms... But we're gonna have to tax you a little bit (and it'll probably be flat income tax with a reasonable bottom, alongside 10%-ish hit on non-basic-needs (basic-needs being defined with quite a bit of frugality in mind) goods-and-services, as well as road tolls and the like), and your privately-owned emergency services, telecommunications infrastructure, postal systems, etc. are unlikely to compete with the government's. Sorry.

Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#9: Aug 11th 2011 at 3:15:27 AM

^ At first glance (keeping in mind I just got off work), it sounds like you might want to take a peek at Minarchism (also known as limited-government libertarianism). The Wikipedia article isn't all that bad as a general overview, but it's not all that great beyond that, either.

Basic summary: minarchists believe that while there is a need for a government, said government should be limited to the barest minimum needed to protect individuals from fraud, theft, agression, or breach of contract.

Robert Nozick's book Anarchy, State, and Utopia goes into more detail on it, though as it's still on my "to read" list I can't offer any assessment of its value.

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EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#10: Sep 11th 2012 at 6:23:35 PM

-wipes the dust from this thread-

Anyways... here I am! Johnson 2012!

edited 11th Sep '12 6:23:49 PM by EarlOfSandvich

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#11: Sep 11th 2012 at 11:55:57 PM

I forgot I even made this thread.

Any way does anyone like personal freedom?

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#12: Sep 12th 2012 at 1:14:22 AM

We can form our own Political Covens?

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#13: Sep 12th 2012 at 1:57:53 AM

What do you mean?

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EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#14: Sep 12th 2012 at 11:23:55 AM

[up][up][up] I'm pretty hellbent on social issues to the degree that all man should be free to make choices so long as they don't harm others... which is about as far as things go without violating common sense.

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#15: Sep 12th 2012 at 1:16:50 PM

[up]People hav always support personal freedoms. It's freedoms or others that's the problem.

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HouraiRabbit Isn't it amazing, now I have princess wings! from Fort Sandbox, El Paso Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
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#16: Sep 12th 2012 at 3:48:49 PM

I'd say that I agree with libertarians on some issues but I wouldn't call myself a libertarian. I like personal freedom, if by that you mean the freedom of me to do whatever it is I want to do. The idea of personal freedom becomes very interesting when you live for a year with your more traditional Asian extended family, where the family comes first. It has a very collectivist feel to it.

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#18: Sep 13th 2012 at 8:38:10 AM

Go team.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#19: Sep 13th 2012 at 9:51:31 AM

You can't tell me to unite! That goes against my personal freedom!

EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#20: Sep 13th 2012 at 10:20:59 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] Yeah, what I mean is this: things like that government just shouldn't have a say over who would not marry, and so on. Drug possession charges are a big mistake and we shouldn't put people in prison for this. Social views like these...

[up] Nobody says you must conform here. Posted here by choice. tongue

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HouraiRabbit Isn't it amazing, now I have princess wings! from Fort Sandbox, El Paso Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
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#21: Sep 14th 2012 at 8:37:01 AM

[up][up] Hey, your refusal to conform infringes on our right to form groups of like-minded individuals!

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#22: Sep 14th 2012 at 4:16:37 PM

Burn the witch!

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#23: Jan 12th 2013 at 1:12:29 AM

I'm a libertarian socialist (anarcho-communist, to be precise). I prefer the term anarchist, though. Here in the US, the term libertarian is increasingly becoming disassociated with anarchism, and increasingly associated with people who could probably be better described as minarchists than anarchists, such as the Libertarian Party and Randian Objectivists, so using the term anarchist creates less confusion.

joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#24: Jan 12th 2013 at 1:19:05 AM

*Bumps fists*

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#25: Jan 12th 2013 at 1:21:50 AM

TERRORIST FIST JAB! *Bumps fists.* tongue


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