(October 19, 2012 at 3:38 pm)cratehorus Wrote: 1. Would you ever hear Obama or Romney, say that they are against the things you listed as "libertarian"Yes. I'm pretty sure both politicians have argued for an interventionalist foreign policy. Besides, you can "say" a lot of stuff, but it doesn't necessarily mean you mean it. I'm sure Obama says he supports civil liberties and privacy, but the Obama administration has been one of the worst administrations in this area. People should be judged by their actions, not always by what they say.
Quote:2. Why is there no Authoritarian party didn't you ever wonder that?Both the mainstream parties are authoritarian: http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2012
Quote:3. I'm gonna start a party called the party of Love....oh better yet the "Good Party" and all we'll do is good things and if you vote for anyone else.... then your voting for "the Bad party" and you don't beleive in Bad Things............. dooooooooooo yoooooou?Good things are subjective. Libertarians consider the things highlighted as "good". You might not; doesn't make a bit of difference to me. They are quite clearly not Nazi ideas though.
(October 19, 2012 at 4:57 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I find the idea that Libertarian's have the economic views of the right, and social views of the left to be very inaccurate. I know a lot of people, including the libertarian party, often claim this but it's a vast oversimplification. Libertarian economic views are different than those of the mainstream right in the United States, and the libertarian social views are far different than those in the mainstream left.Right wing =/= Mainstream US right wing.
Left wing =/= Mainstream US left wing.
The image is talking in general terms. To represent Democrats and Republicans on the diagram, you'd have to draw some very wiggly lines, but that wasn't the point. The point was to illustrate where Libertarian ideals are compared to traditional left and right wing ones.
Quote:Take abortion, most libertarians and liberals agree that abortion should be legal, but libertarians would simply have no laws on abortion, while liberals would fund organizations like Planned Parenthood, and other such things. It's oversimplification. I don't know that many people actually think libertarians are nazis though. I always assume that's just trolling.Abortion wasn't on the list. It's a complex issue since it can be seen in two ways; as the right of a mother to do what she wants to her body, or as the infringement of the right of the baby to live.
