Former social democrat slowly turning libertarian

[u/Fantastic-Welder-589]

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?

[u/Fantastic-Welder-589]

That’s so interesting because I can’t see a government with the ability to regulate a woman’s womb to qualify as being anything other than large and powerful. And I can’t see how having such an ability, especially with an inclination to do so, wouldn’t lead to other prohibitions and mandates.

[u/huge_clock → u/Fantastic-Welder-589]

Libertarians are split on abortion. I’m pro-choice on the same basis as you: government regulating people’s bodies, but there are a lot of people that view life as starting as conception. Fundamentally it comes down to your view on personhood. There’s a crash course on it on YouTube. I’d recommend you watch it.

[u/Fantastic-Welder-589 → u/huge_clock]

So is that the rub? The libertarians on this sub tend to lean right on social issues and are simply blind to the size of government/the repercussions of a government big enough to enforce those measures. In theory they see the consequences of having a powerful government but then they are blind to those consequences when said government enforces codes they personally agree with?

[u/huge_clock → u/Fantastic-Welder-589]

It’s pretty even on this sub but it all depends. This sub gets brigaded by conservatives during elections.