This is extremely vague with zero context.
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Right? There's a lot to criticize the US government for, but I'm pretty sure that this is already how things work. No idea what OP is on about
Why can't I use explosives to fish?
Why is it illegal to spray people with gasoline?
If my company wants to dump toxins into the daycare, they should. There's no laws for it.
There are actually laws for all of those FYI.
This has "park in handicap parking without stickers" energy
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This also works as a corporate excuse to do whatever the hell they want to a community and the environment.
This is the huge problem with the optics of Libertarianism as a whole. Thats why Liberal Progressive is a more common term because the right wing co-opts libertarian arguments in a pro-corporate way.
DAMNIT THIS IS MERIKA I SHOULD HAVE A MISSILE LAUNCHER ON THE FRONT YARD BEN WASHINGTON WROTE IT IN THE CONSTITUTION
Don't forget James Hancock, Thomas Madison, and John Jefferson!
Justification is easy. Damn near no one does anything they don't feel is justified. You may not agree with it, but that doesn't really matter, because the right people will.
A lot of the most evil shit in history was done by people who felt completely justified in doing it.
Justification is a stupidly low bar.
You're missing the point. We don't need to justify to the government why we need to do anything. The government needs to justify to us why it should be prohibited. Feeling justified in your own actions doesn't come into it.
As for "the most evil shit in history", it should be extremely easy for the government to justify prohibiting it.
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US Govt: Y'all shoot a lot of people. Let's slow this down a bit. Some people: how about I shoot you!?
Take cannabis for instance. They've 'justified' why it has been illegal, it's just all the reasons were manipulated science and moral bullshit.
Normal people have their behavior regulated by family, partners, and work. It's only the ownership class and psychopaths who worry about being reined in by the government. Libertarians have spiders in their brains.
Miscegny, abortion, sodomy, war on drugs...
There's plenty of things the government has (and it's trying to have) blocked that "normal" people should worry about
Have you ever noticed the people who don't want lead in the gasoline are not the same people who are trying to ban abortion?
Regulations on business and production of resources don't infringe on my personal liberties.
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Some states making it illegal to be homeless. I'm sure the 14th amendment won't be used for nefarious purposes... /s
Hey this is the "I have nothing to hide" argument for privacy. I think wanting people to have freedom from suspicion by the government is based. You're not gonna find me agreeing with any right wing "libertarian" positions like low taxes. My libertarianism is more about... Policing.
It’s only the ownership class and psychopaths who worry about being reined in by the government.
I guess you forgot the badge-wearing fascists with itchy trigger fingers stalking your neck of the woods with the express purpose of visiting violence upon you if you step out of line.
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Username applies.
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The government does justify its prohibitions.
They're just sometimes good justifications (like protecting drinking water supplies) or shitty justifications (like staying in power with Gerrymandering).
Sometimes it's even as weak as "putting forward laws Senator John looks like he's doing something (so he can stay visible and get reelected. Not about power, but just keeping a cushy job)"
But there's always a justification.
This is stupid.
Isn't it inherently cringe to claim your own things based?
I will do all that I can to crumple a world where "if it is not required it is forbidden" exists; this I swear to you all.
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See also: the ninth amendment.