Quote:For starters libertarians for the most part have problems with regulation at the federal level. You don't want farm animals fine live in a suburban community with those regulations but someone somewhere might want the farm animals so they can live in areas without those regulations.


For starters I have a problem with federal regulations in education, I have a problem with federal regulations prohibiting private acts such as consumption of substances, prostitution, marriage regulations between adults, regulations demanding how private business operates and who they serve, and so on.


People tend to mix libertarians with anarchist and while some of our beliefs overlap with anarchist principles we are not anarchist. We for the most part preach the more local you can create government and regulations the more effective and less oppressive they tend to be.


If you haven't talked to anyone that has a problem with specific regulations you probably haven't talked to any libertarians people don't accidentally identify third party they tend to be very specific.

 

It's funny, you say you are a libertarian, and I say I am not, but in actuality, we are very similar.   We both believe in some regulations, and we both would like to repeal some regulations.  The only disagreement would be over which ones to keep and which ones to repeal. 

 

As far as private consumption of various substances, for example, I have no problem with people smoking pot, but I don't want them smoking pot and then trying to drive, because that's where their freedom infringes on my freedom.   And I don't want to repeal regulations against the selling of methedrine, because meth addicts commit all sorts of crimes. 

 

Prostitution and marriage relations between adults, you and I probably agree on that.  I am for freedom. 

 

But as far as how private businesses operate and whom they serve, the problem is, again, where does the exercise of freedom by that business owner infringe on the freedom of others in the community?   Freedom to pollute the river?  Freedom to use loudspeakers to advertise his business at 3 AM?  Freedom to put dirt and chemicals in the peanut butter he manufactures?  You need to be more specific as to what regulations you would want to repeal from private businesses.  

 

As I said, even though you say you are a libertarian and I say I am not, we are probably not that far apart.  We both want as much freedom as we can have without infringing on the freedom of others.   The problem is in the specifics. 

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