What are your political views?

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I'm one of the two people to pick right wing apparently. I'm a libertarian/conservative but definitely not of the Ayn Rand or Ron Paul variety, where they tend to be moderate on social issues I tend towards moderation on economic issues but am an absolutist when it comes to social issues. Why then pick right wing out of the choices (and not the slightly pedantic other.) Well libertarian on social issues does not mean left-wing on social issues at all. For example on the gay marriage issue, a socially left person wants the state to sanction both gay and straight marriage, where as a libertarian would not want the state to be involved at all. The left wing social sphere is where hate speech laws came from, very different from the libertarian social view. People who think that libertarians are socially left and economically right just don't understand the very different approach. I think it's far more acurate to say that libertarians are socially to the right wing, or at the least their own thing.

I agree with most of what you've said but I think you're referring specifically to right-libertarians - Libertarianism is somewhat rooted in anarchism and there's many sub-variations - The original libertarianism was socialist and proposed the limitation of the State along with the common ownership of means of production. I actually disagree with the State not being involved because any contract, to exist, must be allowed by some Law and only public authorities can approve Laws. There's many interests the State can have in marriage such as it allowing people some stability and happiness that increases their productivity and income, leading to higher incomes and paying more taxes, etc.