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In the big picture scaling back spending is a given but what would you cut immediately if given the opportunity? Off the top of my head for me it would be foreign aid, overseas military, NATO withdrawal and make it so you could opt out of SS and Medicare. Long term I am more anarchist but I could see cutting the federal budget significantly in just a few short years.

Only ask this question because my family is very Democrat mainly because of the title but for almost every individual issue they are conservative so I wasn't raised in a republican home persay

But since I started to dive into politics when I was 16 I always swayed conservative despite only being shown CNN for teens. When I got older I started to meet a lot more smart liberals who poked a lot of holes in my arguments because I often didn't hear the other side.

So now I'm around very smart people on both sides and even understand a lot of liberal talking points and policies but always take a conservative approach. No matter what I hear, I literally just always sway conservative on almost every topic besides tech. I'm not closed-minded in the slightest but it almost feels intrinsic to me.

I realize the title might be a bit controversial/click-baitey but here is my thoughts and question:

I'm fairly new to Libertarianism and often oscillate between being attracted to Libertarian and Anarchist ideas because of the emphasis on the individual and freedom. I'm also from a family that originally comes from outside the U.S. and very often when I see libertarians in social media (not exactly the best place to learn about this stuff I know) it seems like very often they tend to be very Western focused. It seems like they throw away ideals of libertarianism in favor of preserving the "west is better than the rest" type order when circumstances change.

I'd like to think that ultimately Libertarianism is culture/country agnostic and that elements of it can be found in most cultures (and or fostered). My question is two-fold:

Am I just missing reading about "true" libertarians from the "west" who advocate for libertarian values regardless of country (which I'd like to think is the case)?

Secondly are there examples of libertarian leaning parties and better yet organizations or people in global south countries that I could read about?

I'm familiar with what is happening in Argentina as well as the more free-market friendly policies of Singapore (though I'm not sure Singapore is considered part of the "global south" (a vague term for sure but can't really think of a better way phrase)).

Thanks

EDIT: By the way I have no trouble learning and reading posts and works by what I called “western-centric” libertarians. There’s nuance and good info no matter what that I will always pay attention to. I’m just curious what the experience of this subs members are about this?

As a true fence sitter, unhappy with Choice A and Choice B, why should I vote Red or Blue??

I really hope this can be a civil discussion. An intellectual debate of policy and a marketplace of ideas. I want to avoid any culture wars back and forth. From a policy standpoint, from an economic standpoint, and from a human rights and humanitarian standpoint, why should I vote Republican? And because it's related, why should I vote Democrat?

An injustice to freedom anywhere is an injustice to freedom everywhere.

Hello so you might be like this guy just posted to the wrong subreddit. But my question is are there any good liberal commentators who aren’t like as divisive that you guys think is ok? Reason I ask is because I used to be a liberal before 2018 late 2018 early 2019 is when I started to become more republican and watch Republican commentators like Ben Shapiro , Michael Knowles, Candice Owens etc . Back when I was a “liberal “ I was just that because that’s what most of my friends were and that’s what most of my community encouraged since I am a Latino . But back then the views I had on things were more superficial I guess and now since I’m Republican I want to go back and learn about what liberals view but more in depth . I’m not going to change my views on anything tbh but the current political climate is so polarized I want yo hear able to find common ground with people and kinda bridge that divide with the people I know or anyone I talk politics with .

Thank you guys !