Patty P
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Just curious, I am a Conservative Libertarian
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That's a very good point and in my experience i've seen something similar. The left-leaning libertarians that i've spoken to seem to have legitimate concerns about the power of government on our lives: dictating whether woman can or cannot have abortions, whether lbtq people can marry, adopt, serve in the military, etc. You can often see left-leaning libertarians marching for civil rights along with other kinds of leftists.It should be noted that the terms used tend to imply different ideas in different places; for example, the vertical line 'libertarian' in political compass isn't remotely the same as Libertarianism in the US which would be about 3 squares from the right hand edge and 3-5 squares down from the mid-line, whereas in most parts of the world libertarians are more typically left of centre and much closer to the bottom. US Libertarianism tends to be associated with free market laissez-faire capitalism and private property protections, both of which are more traditionally right wing politics than anti-authoritarian.