Why I'm a Libertarian, Part 2steemCreated with Sketch.

in politics •  8 years ago 

Here are newspeak liberals looking at conservatives

Here are conservatives looking at newspeak liberals

Both actually have a pretty good assessment of their adversary's action. But what they don't realize is that THEY act exactly the same. The first image would apply to the most vocal anti-Trump newspeak liberals, whereas the second one would apply to conservatives whenever one DARES to question the Pledge of Allegiance (composed by a socialist, btw), burn the flag, question the utility of military intervention and so forth.

So, why I'm a libertarian: I am not subject to blind partisanship. I can see the weaknesses (and sometimes, strengths) of both mainstream currents. I don't have to blindly support or denigrate whoever is in power; I know they will suck either way.

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  ·  8 years ago (edited)

I know they will suck either way.

I think this weakens the ending. What initially comes across as an article seeking a balanced viewpoint, becomes a political choice based on apathy towards the system. I'm not sure which you are trying to convey.

I see what you mean; however when one is a libertarian (or, as with myself, more of an anarchist), one tends to be apathetic with the current system. Especially since the progressive era, government has grown inversely proportional to our freedoms.

I won't disagree with you. I'm firmly in the apathetic camp. I don't know much about where a libertarian stands.

I don't pretend to speak for all libertarians, but I can say that "we" generally don't support the major parties in the highest legislatures of our countries. For me, I've been a political orphan in Canada since 2008, and I can't say I ever strongly supported either national US parties since I moved in 2011