Libertarian Socialism

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The resources required for states (and counties, and cities) to do those things are not equally distributed (resources et all are not equally distributed on this planet nor have they ever been). You'd be consigning folks in Alabama to a life of misery and sickness while allowing folks in Mass to live happily and healthily all the while. We've already tried that.....btw.

Count me out, that's the "fuck you got mine" vision of America which I absolutely abhor. We're either in this together or the whole thing crumbles. I'd rather not see us turn into a collection of ruinous states while we hammer away at the responsibility of those patently incapable of handling those things mentioned. A properly functioning fed could manage something like healthcare, while the city council of Podunk, Illinois is unlikely to even be -able- to rise to the challenge (even if they really, really.....really wanted to).

Count me out of the "fuck you got mine" vision of America too. But you need to understand that individuality is our equality. Equality is each community having the power to make their own decisions. I don't want anybody making my decisions and I don't want to make anybody else's decisions.

I'm a libertarian socialist because I want my tax money to fund doctor owned healthcare. I want to fund competing teacher owned schools. I want to fund a green infrastructure. I want to fund homeless shelters and free rehabilitation clinics. I don't want to fund WW3. I don't want to trap victimless criminals in a cage. I don't want hard working refugees to be treated like "illegals". I don't want kids to be treated like criminals as I was. I don't want to fund ISIS, so I'll have to fund fighting them. Nobody asked me if I wanted to live in a constitution free zone.

I wish I could convince that southern hellscape called the bible belt to agree with me on healthcare and education. Does that mean I get to make their decisions for them? I don't want them to make decisions for me. I do not get to have it both ways. The bible belt sucks, always did suck and always will suck. I have no say in the matter. All I can do is encourage the oppressed to vote with their feet.