Could you be romantically involved with someone who was a statist?

Some religious people say they couldn’t be with atheists, and atheists say they couldn’t be with religious people.

What about you?

umm yes.

That was an easy question.

Yea. I find that values rather than conclusions are much more important for something like this. I could never love someone with a set of inherent values which I find disgusting, for then that means to me that they are something which is wholly offensive and antithetical to that which I find beautiful, however if someone has similar values to myself, or merely a set of values which are not disgusting to me, then if the matter merely comes down to differing views of the world itself, which I can certainly live with.

So long story short, you could be romantically involved with a statist.

If they’re open minded then they’ll learn the truth.

I have struggled with this particular question.

Anyone who can’t be romantically involved with a Statist might as well move into a monastery.

Some of the nicest people I’ve known have been Statists.

What can I say? I’m like Jerry and George when it comes to relationships.

Yes because if i had a girlfriend i would never tell her im an anarchist.

Somehow 15 year old girls hate it when you talk about politics, they tend to flee.

You’re not just going to scare away girls when you call yourself an anarchist. Every time people hear the word, what automatically comes to mind? A hipster goth-emo kid with piercings in places we don’t like to talk about who loves to smoke meth and listen to avant-garde noise.

one night stand maybe

I’m sure girls are scared of people like that.

…That’s what I said.

I knew a girl in high school that said she’d “be down with anarchy”. She was really cute too, I should have made a move.

I skipped over “just”.

Im not myself today.

I have no idea what the required age is for people to get a girlfriend. Seriously, I saw people together back when I was in Jr High, I’m so confused!

And there is never going to be anybody around where I live who gives a flying fladoodle about libertarianism.

My first romantic encounter was in kindergarten.

Since then i havent ever kissed a girl.

Most of the ‘relationships’ in Jr. High are just shows for them to feel cool and/or to impress their friends. Actually, some of that happens in high school as well.

@ Kelvin Silva

Yeah, it seems like girls were a lot easier to be around back then, for some reason.

@ TronCat

I have no doubt. I’m just wondering about the age that society deems as the proper age for young people to start seeing each other. As I said before, I’m like Jerry and George when it comes to relationships.

"My first romantic encounter was in kindergarten.

Since then i havent ever kissed a girl."

My first girlfriend knew that I was an anarchist because when we first met I wouldn’t shut up about it. It didn’t turn her away, partly because she thought that I was very intelligent, partly because I made it very clear to her what I meant by anarchy whenever she asked, and partly because she was politically agnostic.

@Skeptic

What do you mean by “Jerry and George”? As for what age is acceptable, certainly any time after middle school is accepted. More importantly is how you feel on the matter, which, if you buy into the “normal” model of love as both an inevitability and an ultimate value then any age is an acceptable one to begin seeing someone else.

EDIT

Also, I was big f***ing pimpin’ in kindergarten. I had 4 girlfriends and I think that I might have been married to one or to… I was a bad boy, so all the girls were attracted to that neodoxian stud :wink:

… When Mises.org members begin talking about their love lives then things start getting sad reaall quick like.