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minus-squaregoferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·23 hours agoThat seems extremely un libertarian of him. Wonder how his supporters will spin it as a positive for libertarians
minus-squarebitflag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down9·18 hours agoNo it isn’t. Children are not considered mature enough to make legal decisions on their own, so the whole libertarian issue doesn’t apply to them.
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 hours agoRight, so it falls to the parents’ discretion, not the government’s, in such a worldview.
minus-squaregoferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·9 hours agoSo he’s also going to raise the age of consent from 14 to 18? https://www.unicef.org/lac/media/2806/file
minus-squarebitflag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·9 hours agoI dunno dude, I am just explaining while this move isn’t a contradiction with libertarian ideas.
minus-squaregoferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 hours agoI’m just pointing out the fact they don’t consider that when it’s related to consent.
minus-squareWalk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillick_competence
That seems extremely un libertarian of him. Wonder how his supporters will spin it as a positive for libertarians
No it isn’t. Children are not considered mature enough to make legal decisions on their own, so the whole libertarian issue doesn’t apply to them.
Right, so it falls to the parents’ discretion, not the government’s, in such a worldview.
So he’s also going to raise the age of consent from 14 to 18?
https://www.unicef.org/lac/media/2806/file
I dunno dude, I am just explaining while this move isn’t a contradiction with libertarian ideas.
I’m just pointing out the fact they don’t consider that when it’s related to consent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillick_competence