One group cares about limited gov b/c they care about human rights. Power corrupts, so more gov power -> more human rights violations. 3/
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Also, the gov currently places real restrictions on people's lives in the form of occupational licensing, zoning laws, eminent domain... 4/
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In other words, if the power of the people is be expanded, the power of the government must be reduced. 5/
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The second group doesn't care about any of this. I call them the "Don't Tread on **ME**" group. They use the same words, but have... 6/
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totally different policies. The first group is pro-immigration, this group is against even legal immigration. 7/
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The Human Rights libertarians are leading the fight against police brutality. The Don't Tread on Me group wants to "unleash" police. 8/
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To sum things up, the second group cares about limited government only when gov restrictions negatively affect them. 9/
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It's a huge mistake to organize under a coalition of limited government, because it will include these God-awful people. 10/pic.twitter.com/AQMkK9L8dv
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Replying to @kate_sills
We need to call these people out, deny them the label of libertarian. Until we successfully do so, we'll never be taken seriously. End.
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I'm ok with "I don't care about other people's well-being also leave me alone" that's fine, and like trad liberty. Issue maybe . . .
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. . . more like "liberty, except where I want to use the state to destroy the outgroup"? Fits both of your cases, is actually extremely bad
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Agreed that "liberty for me, power of the state to destroy the outgroup" is a good way to describe the problem. However, not caring abt 1/2
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other people isn't like traditional libertarianism at all. Enlightenment & classical liberal ideas of rights apply to all humans. 2/2
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