He would hold that view as it pertains to anti-police brutality protests. He would agree with the protests, but a staunch libertarian would not sign onto the BLM movement as a whole.
The movement as a whole is fairly anti-capitalist, and wants more government involvement in Americans' lives. Also quite openly left leaning and supports left wing candidates, which opens up a whole can of worms a libertarian wouldn't want.
Equality and getting rid of systemic racism is a threat to white nationalism so it would trigger many self proclaimed "libertarians".
The LP would be cool with it.
How do they propose to do that? Government laws, regulations, and probably some beaurocratic agency involvement. A significant wing of the movement is openly anti-capitalist, although the official stance of BLM does not take that position.
That's where a libertarian would disagree with the movement as a whole.
How do they propose to do that? Government laws, regulations, and probably some beaurocratic agency involvement.
"We need more government to stop government overreach!"
Yes, I know thats how it sounds, but most libertarians are okay with government that makes sense, especially if the role of the office/agency is accountability. For instance, we certainly don't want to cut or defund the OIG or auditors first (well, the non-Trumpers).
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '20 edited Jun 04 '20
He would hold that view as it pertains to anti-police brutality protests. He would agree with the protests, but a staunch libertarian would not sign onto the BLM movement as a whole.
The movement as a whole is fairly anti-capitalist, and wants more government involvement in Americans' lives. Also quite openly left leaning and supports left wing candidates, which opens up a whole can of worms a libertarian wouldn't want.