What I think is amazing is that any public policy that is progressive gets the "stay away from mah money" reaction, but the ones that are regressive don't.
Police, national security, foreign affairs, regulating the financial system are all things that benefit those with more assets more than those with less, and yet you don't get the same "get yer paw outta mah money" with those.
Which is my main problem with the American libertarian movement. If the state is oppressive, go all the way and become an anarchist. Don't stop midway and go "no, i like the state protecting me here."
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