#1: My Beliefs, Part One

[owlsarentaholes]

I was going to make one post about my political beliefs and call it a day, but I think I'm going to divide them up into two posts for the sake of clarity and also for the sake of not driving everyone away on day one not posting a big wall of text.  Today, you get my overarching principles, next time I'll delve into the specifics.

I should probably

Comments

[skate97]

Yeah, I always think Libertarianism, like Communism, is a great idea in theory, but in reality will never come close to working at all, so I never get how people try to implement it. Also, I've never met a really poor libertarian. They always seem to be people who have enough to be comfortable on their own so don't want to be interfered with, which always seems selfish and silly to me, big picture wise.

[owlsarentaholes]

I don't think I'd ever be a full-on libertarian, but I definitely have that core "freedom for all, so long as it deprive anyone else of the same" mentality. I like Ayn Rand and I appreciate the value of selfishness as she describes it, but I also think that every citizen is deserving of some basics, including food, shelter, and healthcare. I am pretty sure I'll never fit in exactly with any one political ideology.

[skate97]

Yeah, I'm too socialist to be libertarian. But I don't fit totally into that, either.

[meowmensteen]

Unrelated, but I couldn't miss a good Ayn Rand joke. Don't forget to hover your mouse over the picture to get the extra joke.

[owlsarentaholes]

LOL ... I don't actually mind the part about being an asshole, and she's not advocating that you be an asshole to everyone ... just people who suck. :-P

[sambeth]

It's very difficult to achieve the level of education you would probably like within any kind of libertarian, pseudo-libertarian, demi-libertarian, whatever, framework, though.

Also, not sure how the adoption thing fits in here? If you make it illegal, you're straight away bringing the power of the state into familial affairs. Maybe that's for a separate post?

Interesting post, thank you for writing it.

[owlsarentaholes]

Perhaps ... and my next post is more about the things I believe that don't coincide with libertarian values, including the right to education for everyone and higher education (even publicly funded) for people who deserve it.

As far as adoption goes, allowing it is allowing the government to meddle in family affairs, too. I'd say scrap adoption and create (or rather, employ the existing) legal framework for guardianship of children who cannot be raised by their own parents. In that sense, people can create whatever structures they wish without the state getting involved to the point of falsifying documents, sealing records, and profiting from the sale of children.

[lulu_girl]

hey there.

LJ is just refusing to send a message through...hi! Sorry for the delayed response. My friend Alaina is one of the organizers for the We Are Woman rally. It's possible we met that day!

apologies again for the very late reply...ugh lj.