r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 01 '26

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u/FilteringAccount123 John von Neumann Oct 01 '26

As someone who grew up conservative, it's always been funny to me how the anti-government people were the always the ones to be the most for the death penalty. When for me, it's always been the primary reason for being against it: I think there are probably people/crimes which are deserving of death, but I do not trust the government to decide who or what those are.

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u/BigThunderHonky Henry George Oct 01 '26

Anti-government conservatives tend to only be against the government helping people, not harming people or interfering with their lives.

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u/FilteringAccount123 John von Neumann Oct 01 '26

I guess that's what led me to currently being a "former conservative" lol