I'm a democratic socialist. I’ve spent a lot of time debating libertarians. But we don’t disagree about everything. Every time I chat with libertarian comedian and podcaster Dave Smith, for example, we agree on things like drug legalization, mass incarceration, and America’s seemingly endless wars in the Middle East.
The explosive wave of protests set off by the murder of George Floyd could provide another opportunity for libertarian-leftist agreement. While some libertarians haven’t been willing to take a break from talking about tax cuts to take an interest in police reform, and others have limited their comments to denouncing rioters for violating property rights by smashing shop windows, some libertarians have written extensively about the underlying problem.
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