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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
does the government have a right to interfere with your personal decisions?
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That is exactly what I meant by libertarians having a place in politics. A lot of people associate them with the 'the entire country should be free of all government interference!' types and it's a bit ridiculous. Either that, or they link it with personal freedom and accuse people that dislike their policies of being against freedom.
A good example of why I think a Libertarian styled government is bad overall is the NHS. We've had the system for years, and despite the many complaints about it it makes us a country willing to stand up for basic human rights. A lot of countries still have private healthcare, which in my eyes is a system that should have been left to die in the Victorian era where it belonged. To me, it's doing exactly the opposite of what being a libertarian is supposed to be about, as it's denying people the rights they should (and can) have access to.