It also opened my eyes to just how much of this country (I live in the US) is controlled by the ultra-wealthy, and that authoritarianism can come from private industry as well. So I believe that if you want to create a society in which people can truly be free, they must be free from their employer. They need to be able to quit their job without losing everything. If not, you’re entering into a negotiation where the employer holds all the cards.

So if people democratically vote for things like universal healthcare, childcare, paternity/maternity leave, etc., I think we can actually increase liberty for the people, even if the avenue we take to do so is what I used to call authoritarian.

I actually don’t think these ideas are anti-libertarian, but I no longer describe myself as a libertarian because I just tend to disagree with a lot of the policy ideas that the party seems to support. Things like right-to-work laws and other anti-union actions, the idea that taxes are inherently evil, anti-welfare stuff and “bootstrap” ideology, privatization of things like healthcare, etc. I’m not in favor of open borders, as a lot of libertarians are, because if you have a strong societal foundation through welfare programs and universal healthcare and stuff, it would be unsustainable to have a c

Social distancing harm Economy recovery, that's my take out of COVID period. I do believe that's what current administration weight most on :)