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Saturday Night Shred: Steffen Schackinger, "Tumbleweed"

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)3/05/2017 10:04:30 am PST

re: #402 KGxvi

There’s a lot of libertarianism that feels like it’s still fighting the political battles of the 1930s (if not earlier political battles). Especially among right leaning libertarians. My position on the political spectrum went from center-right libertarian to center-left libertarian pretty much over night some time during the Bush Administration (and probably had a lot to do with law school). Part of the reason, I think, is because I developed a better understanding of the 14th Amendment and a historical understanding that while “state’s rights” and “local control” are nice buzzwords but it ignores that most abuses came from state and local governments rather than from the federal government.

Exactly, I understand why people are drawn to the ideas of local control and states rights but as you observed, a lot of the abuses have come on the state and local level. One of my brothers and some of my friends lean libertarian in their belief system and what I’m trying to convince them of is that a fairly strong federal government is needed to protect individual rights.