I too am a libertarian - with a small “l” not the large “L” of the party. The Libertarian Party has too many pacifist, naive, stupid, ignorant, utopian ideas about government and human behavior.
For instance, extremely unlibertarian positions of mine include:
1) four years of mandatory military training in high school plus one year of active duty — for everybody: male, female, gay, lesbian, transwhatever, handicapped, retarded, whatever, conscientious objector or unconscious.
2) a deadly wall on the Mexican border. And admission to citizenship only those really qualified, i.e., who know American language, history, geography, civics, math and science.
“2) a deadly wall on the Mexican border. And admission to citizenship only those really qualified, i.e., who know American language, history, geography, civics, math and science.”
I believe in the wall, but I think there are many worthwhile people who may not know English, or American History, but who are worthwhile and can make worthwhile citizens (Their home countries may not afford access to learn these two things)..and our own citizens, sadly, don’t perform well in either of these two areas, either. How to you feel about “buffer” communities for people to learn english, history, etc, and if they don’t learn quick, send them back, at their own expense. (Maybe they can contribute to some form of industry while in the buffer community). Just a question, I just thought of it in response to your post, so no flaming! ;)