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Originally posted by MarkTiarra
My understanding of Libertarianism is more along the lines that they wish to actually stick to the Constitution. What's happened in the country especially over the last 75 years has been a gradual movement away from the Constitution. The two party system has given rise to so many laws and acts that blatently fly in the face of the Constitution.
Anyone in this biz who's followed FTC actions will see how badly the idea of the 4th through 6th ammendments (see http://memory.loc.gov/const/bor.html) has been trounced upon.
I won't go so far as to say the Constitution is dead (especially the 1st ammendment which manages to stand tall still), but it's been drastically worn around the edges a bit at a time.
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My main gripes are the 'free market' approach and the personal autonomy at all costs attitudes. Okay objectivism annoys me as well, but I'm sure Ayn Rand didn't know how ridiculous her followers would become after her death.
There are some services which should not be privatized, basic needs such as electricity, water, health care, food, housing. There are degrees of course; I don't want a welfare state. It may be an unpopular view, but if my paying the government an additional few percent in taxes gets the bums off my streets, gets the kids back into schools and out of gangs (or trenchcoat mafias), and improves the standard of living for my fellow citizens, well to me THAT is true patriotism, and equality.
C.