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Originally Posted by PaleoRepublican
Libertarians and Democrats are both counter-intuitive through and through, "Well if we just get rid of the cops, it will make us safer."
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I've seen hardcore, self-described Libertarians espouse this point of view (it might make people with enough money to hire private security forces safer, but not the public at large). I think you'd be hard pressed to find a democrat say this - Democrats generally seem to support as many people receiving government paychecks as possible, and unions to boot.
The Libertarian and Democrat philosophy on government scope and size is diametrically opposed. As a non-libertarian Republican (I'm assuming, given what I've read of your posts here - correct me if I'm wrong), you're a lot more ideologically aligned with the Democrats than the libertarians are.