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[robotliliput]

A couple of days ago I realized I've never yet met a Libertarian who has spent any amount of time working amongst an urban poor population. I wonder if I ever will. A lot has to change in the world before any sort of inner city charter school is going to work. It only took a year of working at an after school program in Seattle's CD to figure

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[saturnfall]

I wouldn't think working amongst the urban poor would appeal to many libertarians. However, I know many who give money to charities to pay for those who do have that passion.

[robotliliput]

Is the reason they wouldn't spend much time there because it would disprove their political beliefs? Like, "this wouldn't work for these people"? Or is it because if one starts out a Libertarian and spends time among the urban poor, one becomes not a Libertarian with a quickness? I want to know.

[saturnfall]

I don't know. I've worked among urban poor and held Libertarian beliefs and never felt they were mutually exclusive. Some people derive self worth or pleasure from helping the less fortunate. Just from reading your posts, I'm pretty sure your personality type is Keirsey's Idealist, which is a type that would most likely get utility from working with urban poor. I'd suspect that Libertarians are mostly Rationals and Artisans who probably wouldn't get as much out of that activity.

If we find an Idealist Libertarian, we should ask them though.