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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (6050)	1/13/2017 2:51:56 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361662

but if you make a decision for yourself and don't have it forced on you, then it isn't anti-libertarian, even if it is to "submit to God" It may not be anti-libertarian but is sure ain't libertarian. If a competent person sells himself into slavery, totally willingly, the environment that allows him that choice may be libertarian but his action is hardly the act of a libertarian spirit and his relationship with his owner would not, by definition, be libertarian. Force goes both ways. Most people don't want to be forced. They may not care if anyone else is forced. They may, themselves, favor forcing others. (if that's what's meant by political) I'm not sure I have the best wording to differentiate. There are people who are constitutionally libertarian, constitution as in temperament. They're naturally predisposed to "I'm OK; you're OK" or "none of my business" or "different strokes" or "whatever floats your boat." There are others who are not like that, personally, but they disfavor heavy-handed or centralized or big government so they advocate politically against that. That's what I meant by political. Libertarians by temperament would also likely be politically libertarian. Political libertarians may be situationally libertarian. They might be economically libertarian but not socially libertarian, for example. Or libertarian in their economic sector but not in other sectors, that is, self-interested libertarians. Political libertarians might rule the roost at home, be control freaks in their environment, but just want the government out of their business dealings or business dealings, in general.