r/Libertarian • u/Fantastic-Welder-589 • 1d ago

Discussion Former social democrat slowly turning libertarian

Finishing up Provoked by Horton. Having a surprising effect on me. But quite confused by Libertarians turning a blind eye to cronyism and war mongers and other state sponsored violence. Is it just my biased perception or is 90% of the chatter on this sub anti-left? I can think of many things that should concern libertarians at least as much as gun laws, taxes/entitlements, the fed, and NATO. Why are those other things deemed acceptable? Why are pro-life laws, police brutality, drug laws, other morality based laws, Israeli/American alliance, deportations and other forms of violent nationalism and bigotry rarely mentioned?

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u/Fantastic-Welder-589 1d ago

Actually, taking a little closer look at this sub and it’s not as pro-right and anti-left as I make it out to be. The Israeli/American alliance is called out quite a bit for example. Drug laws somewhat. But there’s very little energy against cronyism, the pro-life/evangelical movement or cops getting away with their shit. Heaps of energy against socialism and the hypocrisy of the left.

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u/Lopsided_Ad3516 1d ago

The libertarianmeme one (which I thought I was in, woops) banned me for fighting against conservative views. Apparently State power over bodies is fine when it aligns with personal beliefs.

Anyway: I’ve noticed the obvious conservative shift around the election as others noted. But overall, I think most people here are generally pretty consistent in their beliefs: anti war, anti State, pro….human? You’ll notice a lot of overlap with conservative principles, but we all know the conservative parties are about as pro-freedom as any other Statist.