“BS. Libertarianism and Socialism are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. Make your point, but don’t lie to do it.”
So, if I make a point you don’t like, I’m lying?
As for the oft-repeated falsehood that libertarianism and socialism are far apart, there is one idea that lies at the heart of both.
That idea is that someone — either the individual or some collective — is as a god. That is, humans possess the ability and moral authority to decide matters of right and wrong, without consulting any higher authority.
Where God says sodomy is an abomination, both the libertarian and the socialist feel competent to contradict, to substitute their own judgment for God’s. Ditto for the rest of the commandments.
The serpent told Eve, “You shall be as gods.” The difference between the libertarian and the socialist is only in their interpretation of the word, “you.”
The libertarian thinks the serpent meant the individual, the socialist thinks the serpent meant some arbitrary quorum of people. Either way, the distance between them is a matter of implementation, not fundamental premises.
“The libertarian thinks the serpent meant the individual, the socialist thinks the serpent meant some arbitrary quorum of people. Either way, the distance between them is a matter of implementation, not fundamental premises.”
Bunch of lies and nothing but lies. There are MANY pro-life, CHRISTIANS who are libertarians. There is no conflict whatsoever between believing in individual liberty and owing one’s life to God. Not a bit. You are as full of sh!t as the proverbial Christmas goose.
If you try and equate Libertarianism, based on Laissez-faire Capitalism, with Socialism... Then yes. Libertarianism is predicated as the Individual as supreme arbiter of their life, Socialism that life is subservient to the State.
IOW...YOU ARE LYING.
As for God... my God thinks your God should stick to impressing his desert rats in the Middle East and leave the rest of us alone. Where does that leave you?