Freedom requires a full confrontation of such issues, only not by the few who will legislate and enforce failed laws which have yet to accomplish the desired result. Freedom will confront individuals with choices of their own. It will require not just a solution without understanding the problem, which often causes a larger gap and divide between people groups, but it will force one to think, and grow. I believe in a philosophical change that is occurring and is necessary to occur. Under this people will have to confront issues as they arise, not necessarily plan it all out. Solutions will not always be the same, and if worse comes to worse we will look to the leaders we have chosen for ourselves to protect us from oppression and force.

A town without certain issues or instances of these issues may never face those issues, some may face more and may find need for more considerations. In the end we need to be asking how effective has government been in resolving these issues and how can we resolve these issues without intervention of the state.

If you ask about the homeless and who is to take care of them I say you. Not someone like you, but you. Liberty is not a simple easy ideal. It is something that will require more from everyone. It will require action. It will not allow us to sit home and assume someone else will take care of everything else for us.

I am a feminist and work toward the ideals inherent to feminism via my skills as a mental health counselor/advocate. I do not claim the stance of libertarian primarily, but feminist, because I believe that freedom is secondary and dependent on the creation of a society of peace, where those that are susceptible to being exploited and oppressed are protected and empowered to live full, creative lives. I can see how libertarian concepts and feminist overlap on some points. For example, feminism strives to equalize power among human/social relationships. Thus, the notion of decreasing the power of a classist, racist, sexist government which has become oppressive and redistributing that power among the people is both libertarian and feminist. However, I am also interested in the fundamental differences between the two bodies of thought, seeing as how libertarianism prioritizes freedom and non-intervention, while feminism’s priority is the persistent obliteration of sexism, racism…discrimination and oppression of every kind. where do these differing priorities lead? If you have any thoughts on this, I would be interested in reading.

“If one is oppressed, all are oppressed.”