Weekly reflection

This weeks in class discussions raised a lot of thoughts for me personally. The whole time I was reading about Libertarians, I was fascinated and left wondering the same thing about their philosophy. If they do not believe in lobbying for any form of political power, how do they ever expect to see their goals turn into government policy? I was fascinated with how great someone may consider their philosophy in theory, but how inherently flawed their theory is when it comes to ever actually seeing their goals achieved. I always knew that libertarians were supportive of many freedoms, but I did not know about their anti-aggression theory behind why they are so in support of freedoms.

                I also never knew the full reasoning behind political liberal thinking. I was very interested in the veil of ignorance theory, and it really made me reconsider my own political thoughts. Although I would not change my own political thoughts, it really opened up my eyes as to why liberals can be so supportive of the many programs in place to help others. I was also surprised as to the origins of political liberalism. I did not realize that they originated from the holy wars following the reformation. It is very interesting to me that toleration on a mass scale was really only invented in the 17^th century, which wasn’t really that long ago if you think about it.

                Liberation theology was a really freaky concept to me. I guess you could say it is because I have benefitted from the system in place my whole life, but to think that there are still such revolutionary schools of thought in the world really freaked me out.  I do not feel that I see enough oppression in the world to merit these kinds of crazy revolutionary thoughts, but who am I to speak when I have not experienced oppression like that personally? I guess if I was in a situation of oppression I would change my philosophy, but revolutionary quick change like this still freaks me out personally.