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I think it is very easy to draw; Direct harm. Simple and easy to follow, the goverment should stay out of my life unless I am directly harming someone else.
I consider myself a (conflicted) small-l libertarian, so I can identify with this perspective.
I will ask, though: Big-L Libertarian college essayist refuses to wear seatbelt and subsequently launches through windshield of his buddy's Sentra during a traffic oopsie. Not direct harm to anyone else, true? If not personally qualified as an EMT or paramedic, is it not then reasonable to walk away, or maybe sit down by the side of the road a few meters away from the dying man and pull out a deck of cards for a few hands of whist, hearts , or spades?
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Jim
'Tis the exceptional fellow who lies awake at night thinking of his successes.