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Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees by duxup on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:51AM (#26264097)
I'm waiting for the Libertarian party to embrace drivers licenses ;)
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees by maedla on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:58AM (#26264216)
They are too worried about the toaster licenses
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees by mc32 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:17AM (#26264466)
It’s a very large tent party though sparse in density.

Some of us see the need for aspects of regulation and frameworks, others prefer the more idealist semi pastoralist view of the world. I’m more in the Johnson camp ;)

Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees by nobody9999 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:31PM (#26267104)
>It’s a very large tent party though sparse in density.

I'm not so sure about that.

I have strong libertarian (small 'l') leanings, specifically that government should stay the hell out of people's lives and bodies as much as possible. And that humans should be free to do pretty much whatever they want as long as they don't interfere with others doing the same.

But that's where I part ways with the Libertarian (big 'L') Party.

Because I do believe that, human nature being what it is, that the government does have a role to play in helping those who are disadvantaged in our society.

What's more, I believe that government has a role to play in evening the playing field and attempting to make sure that everyone has equal opportunity to succeed in our society.

The Libertarian Party doesn't believe in any of that, so I have no interest in supporting them.

I'd note that privatized everything (not saying you support that) isn't libertarian at all. Rather it's anarcho-capitalism[0], which would completely destroy our society.

While the implementation of the idea that minorities should be protected against the "tyranny of the majority" by the government has been pretty poor in the US, it has improved somewhat in recent years.

I look forward to that progress continuing. And the Libertarian Party won't be the one's that help us do that.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism

Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees by munk-a on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:47PM (#26267323)
That's pretty much precisely where I stand as well. When you talk about personal freedoms the right to unlimited action is something that could only potentially be given to a single person, since at a certain point your actions begin to encroach on the freedoms of others. As an example the right to freely murder requires that other persons surrender their right to not be murdered - so, like most of life, the two extremes are extremely detrimental and sanity lies in the middle path.
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees by Hammershaft on Thursday February 25, 2021 @06:02PM (#26269477)
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees by syshum on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:49PM (#26265694)
We would if drivers licenses where limited in scope and purpose to only proving ones ability to operate safely on the public road ways.