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  • FrChazzz@lemm.eetoWikipedia@lemmy.worldPenn Jillette
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    2 days ago

    Was libertarian in college. Realized that a key facet of libertarian thinking involves the ideas that “government is a necessary evil” and that “government exists to keep one person’s freedoms from infringing on another’s.” Which led me to consider that if it’s a necessary evil then government should work for the majority of people. Further, government’s “umpire” role should apply to the rich since their freedoms are often infringing on mine and others’ (and wealth is a form of power that needs its own checks).

    Anyway, I think I lean more toward communitarian politics nowadays.