Post #3053501

2023-03-09 00:20 UTC

@elfprince13@mumak.app @junecasagrande@mastodon.social @Popehat@mastodon.social Post-Dobbs, I'd actually, and sadly, place Cato in the category June posits of "the pro-choice majority of libertarians [who] aren't outspoken enough." I know for a fact that the majority of Cato scholars are pro-choice, but the institution has taken only a "libertarians can disagree on this issue" stance publicly, letting the minority dictate policy in a way that, I would argue, runs counter to the correct libertarian position on reproductive rights.

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@junecasagrande@mastodon.social 2023-03-09 00:31

@arossp@mastodon.social @elfprince13@mumak.app @Popehat@mastodon.social So here's one area where I truly haven't been looking hard and perhaps you can educate me: In two-party contests, do more libertarians vote for Democrats, who support my niece having control of her reproductive organs, or Republicans, who want to give a male-dominated government a degree of decision-making power over her organs? Because being outspoken is nice and all, but the ballot box is the true test of whether you believe in freedom for all.

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@elfprince13@mumak.app 2023-03-09 00:55

@junecasagrande@mastodon.social @arossp@mastodon.social @Popehat@mastodon.social but on the overall litmus test of “only issues that benefit rich white men” they outflank to the left anyone in the Democrat party on liberalizing immigration, criminal justice reform, and ending US neo-colonial trade policies like the Jones Act.

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@Jemez22@mstdn.social 2023-03-10 14:08

@arossp@mastodon.social @elfprince13@mumak.app @junecasagrande@mastodon.social @Popehat@mastodon.social The self described libertarians I know all voted for Trump, who promised to overturn rights & are cheering on Musk with his skewed take on the Twitter files, etc. They can be quite caring to their own little circle but to the broader community, not at all. My question is if it’s such a fantastic way to run things, why isn’t there anywhere we can look to showing the great outcomes.

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