If you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.

@Camzing@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

If you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.

Kalcifer · 8 months ago

The terms that you are looking for are “positive liberty” and “negative liberty”. Positive liberty is the freedom to do something, negative liberty is the freedom from something. Libertarians, generally, align more with negative liberty.

@nomadjoanne@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Correct