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I'm a Ron Paul Libertarian. 'Nuff said?
Ron Paul with a bit of Chomsky thrown in, of course most people misunderstand Chomsky's personal politics. He is actually libertarian himself.
Basically I believe in personal property rights as paramount, BUT there is a caveat, and that is when it comes to natural resources. How can someone really own oil, for instance? Or trees? I think Chomsky's ideas on natural resources are important. There is a role for government and IMO it is this high level control over concentrated natural resources, I'm talking oil, trees, fresh water, gold, diamond, stuff like that.
The government has no right gifting these resources to rich aristocrats and then pretending that they are the personal property of aristocrats. This is honestly the only role I see for a federal government... I think basically everything else should have small local governance.
Everyone has a share in the land, and extremely large private land holdings that result in plutocracy must be avoided. I actually think it's not a bad idea to put a cap on the amount of land a person can personally own, and if he needs more then it should be dealt with through temporary leases that do not last centuries. There is no reason why rich white people, for instance, have a greater claim to american soil than black families or native americans or poor white people. Of course wealth redistribution is a touchy subject, but that's what politicians are for, dealing with touchy subjects.
bleh bleh politics. none of this will ever happen
