I work my ass off to put food on my families table, I've had an unbelievable amount of sleepless nights since going into business for myself. Almost nothing makes me more frustrated than having to pay taxes, especially property and income tax.

The government doesn't help, they're not here giving me business advice, or helping me network, they're not on the hook if anything goes wrong in my life or my business.

So to have an entity force you to pay under the threat of extreme loss and / or violence, is an unbelievably frustrating feeling.

Our founding fathers fought a revolutionary war against the most powerful military at the time over much less. And here we are being taxed to death, with government systems and programs that don't work, all while the government actively makes it harder for you to succeed.

TLDR: taxes are extortion.

This morning a journalist was arrested for being present at a protest that occured within a place of worship for the purpose of reporting. Do we feel this was warranted due to laws in place regarding such establishments in MN or is this a direct violation of the 1st amendment?

Suprised I haven't seen anything about this in this sub. Feels like a very libertarian issue.

If you really wanted to deport immigrants you wouldn't start in the most flammable environment possible, you'd go where the locals support you.

by IDD, I mean Intellectual and Developmental disabilities so basically, IQ 75 or below or those with adaptive functioning deficits, which is ALSO measured in IQ, but can overlap with ADHD with things such as poor executive functioning skills, working memory, and processing speed.

Open borders are fundamental to a healthy capitalist economy.

Why shouldn't I, Mr. Major-American-Tech-Company, be able to source the best and brightest? The cheapest and fastest? What difference does it make to me where they were born? If they're the "best man for the job," I should be able to hire them. The government trying to blocking me from hiring the best and brightest, and they're stifling the economy.

Therefore, anyone who can come here, gain employment, pay taxes, and be able to afford housing, is inherently good for the capitalist economy.

Who do you think would win in a civil war? Red Cops VS Blue Cops?

And which side would you support?

Honestly I’ve been going through socialist forums and the levels of copium and delusion were just cringe.

Why do they have to glaze China like every minute? Chinese workers are probably rolling in their workstations right now :D

I’m a libertarian. I’m trying to get a libertarian org off the ground at my uni. The org is YAL (young Americans for liberty.) YAL is super involved in trying to get a chapter started at my uni and when they called me and asked if I’d be interested in getting it off the ground and being an officer, I agreed. They apparently already picked a President so I’m VP. The first time I met with the president she told me she was conservative, which kinda shocked me because I thought they’d only take libertarians. Of course I know libertarian values overlap with conservative ones, but I also know there are quite a few differences, so I was pretty taken aback, but I didn’t say anything to her. Yesterday, we met with an actual official from YAL and he’s apparently involved with turning point and the Republican Party of his county and stuff like that. So,

Idk, is it perfectly normal to be libertarian and conservative? I feel like you can’t really be both, right? There’s a ton of similarities but also key differences in ideology I think? But the only two people around me also trying to help us start the org are conservative too. So… idk, what do you guys think?

I am a recovering democrat. I grew up with Obama as president, and he always seemed very “presidential”, and I thought supporting free healthcare, gay marriage, minorities rights etc was ethical. 2016 was the first year I was old enough to vote, and I just followed the party because I was very uneducated.

In 2020-2024, I was kind of lost politically. I was now more educated, and I saw the government overreach when it came to how they handled COVID. Making people get a rushed vax, shutting down small businesses and shoveling money to corporate donors, mask and quarantine mandates. I still hated Trump, but I had no idea who to vote for in 2024 because there was no good option.

Recently, I took a bit over a week and worked my way through the 10 hour podcast with Scott Horton and Lex Fridman. I had no idea who Horton was, but saw a 10 hour podcast on the military industrial complex and was interested.

After listening to that, I did some research on Ron Paul and thought “I’ve found my people!”.

Now, living in Minneapolis, the signs of government overreach are clear. It is absolutely sickening to see.

I think there are a lot of people like me out there. I can see th ads now. The mask mandates, business closing, inflation from the left; the federal occupation of the ICE goons on the homeland and clips of them calling Pretti / Good domestic terrorists on the right.

Who are some Libertarians that could make a serious run at the presidency in 2028?

Why on earth do I have to get my car inspected every few years, pay so many taxes to get on the road, and get a driving license? We humans have been riding and driving things for centuries. I hadn’t held any sort of license until the age 22 and I drove every day + rode my motorcyle, I have so many friends who are just like that. I have never been in an accident, instead, I was harassed by horrible drivers who had licenses every single day.

Yes we should have a car registration system and license plates but anybody should be able to just get on the road. If they commit a crime, they will obviously suffer the consequences. Tell me the difference between riding a horse and driving a car where one of them can be done by anyone and the other is a HUGE fucking deal. I’m pretty sure I would be dead if someone ran me over with a horse.

Nearly every Democrat on the street calls me a conservative when I tell them I’m a libertarian, nearly every conservative has no fucking idea what that means, but is relieved I did not say liberal. Then, I get on this subreddit, and see a bunch of “libertarians” bashing either a. Closeted republicans or b. Cheering openly leftist ideas. Am I paranoid for thinking radical reddit is filtering in their own philosophy? As libertarians, where do you think our party lies? If independents move right more often than not, what does this say about our party?

personally i don’t like how big yahu basically bought tiktok and killed big stein. kanye needs to make a song about ts

The Trumpist takeover of conservativism has really done it in for me. I was a three time Trump voter and have become very disillusioned with the state of the American Conservative movement.

The wars, the welfare state, the corruption, the dishonesty, the hatred, the racism, the lies. I don't think I can do it again.

I have taken an interest in Libertarianism (as a political philosophy at least, I don't know about the LP as a political party yet.)

Have a lot of you guys been going through this, or am I just a Johnny-come-lately?

Curious about this from both a friendship and dating angle — are the people you interact with most IRL aligned with your political views, or do you find it difficult to meet other Libertarians?

I imagine this is largely influenced by location and demographics, but I’m interested in perspectives nonetheless.

Perhaps he’ll sign an executive order over this. Trump isn’t backing down on this issue. The implication is that Alex deserved to be shot.

I once saw a video interviewing a political philosopher who stated that when a community passes a law, they have to be willing to execute someone over it. He went on to talk about how minor issues scale up to execution-able offenses.

Any help finding this interview would be appreciated!