• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    It’s not really about liberty

    Individual liberty is core to the philosophy of libertarianism.

    it’s about freedom from taxes

    This is a complicated issue, and it is not a cut and dry opinion of all libertarians to oppose all taxes in their entirety. A core idea in libertarianism is to avoid excessive government abuse of power — taxes are often viewed as one such abuse. Those that are more libertarian oriented, but are more favorable towards some types of taxes are, imo, more accurately referred to as Georgists, but it of course relies on exactly what taxes they support, and their rationale.

    it’s about freedom from […] consequences.

    If you are referring to consequences from infringing on the freedoms of others, then that is not libertarian. Supporting the idea of liberty is to also support the liberty of others.