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Libertarians are, by definition of their stance, Conservatives with a few Liberal leanings. They want the Federal Government to have as little power as possible and still function as such, and want the States to have power over themselves, barring certain circumstances.
Believing in a cause is all well and good, but Zeal only makes matters worse for those trying to recruit.
Technically, a Libertarian is essentially progressive in all social ways, so long as that progressiveness doesn't infringe upon rights such as free speech. There's a reason that's our first amendment. It's arguably the most important amendment.
Where Libertarians are more "conservative" is in taxation and government spending. The idea of censorship is abhorrent and tax-consuming. The FCC oversteps its boundaries every time it fines Howard Stern for saying "FUCK YOU" on the radio.
I think socially, a Libertarian is a lot like an Anarchist in some ways. Go ahead, off your fetus, burn those bibles, throw the switch on a killer, shoot some fuckhead who comes into your house with a .50 cal, fuck and marry who you want, when you want, how you want and put whatever various substances you want into your body. It's your fucking life, why should the government or anyone else have any say in how you live it?
I think that bleeds into the liberatarian economic stance as well. It's your money, your time, your hard work, why is the government assumed to be better at spending it than you are? Sure, there are essential functions of the government. We need our military, for homeland defense anyway. We need our roads and our public libraries. We need law enforcement. Basically we need people to help us keep the right to smoke some weed, fuck our ten partners and burn some bibles all while we swear on live TV using whoever has the balls to show all that. We also need someone who will call us on our shit when we do something to affect another person's life while we're enjoying our own.
As for other policies that are typically discussed... we need better environmental controls, more free trade (the very idea of an organization that controls free trade is a conflict of terms) and I think the thing that seperates Libertarians from Democrats and binds them to Republicans is the idea of becoming more isolationist, at least in policy and military affairs. Trade should be free, policy in other countries should be kept to ourselves.
Fuck, the English know more about our politics than we do most of the time, and that's sad. Our schools are failing, doesn't look like the government is doing a good job there.
I dunno, I'm a Libertarian because I see it as a party of freedom, responsibility and removing hypocrisy from the government and society. Hell, I agree that I'd like to see a lot of idiots in this country gunned down, but I still think unprovoked killing is wrong. Part of why I would like to see our troops come home to protect our borders, not "our" oil, the Iraqis' "freedom" and losing their lives. I support just wars, and the troops who serve in any war. I just think this battle is one we shouldn't have chosen.
Let the giant go back to sleep, we need our rest.
