Any belief you took in a package (for example, Democrat, Catholic, American) is suspect and should be re-evaluated from base principles.I try not to have too much I’ve pre-decided.I think creating identities and labels locks you in and keeps you from seeing the truth.To be honest, speak without identity.I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.If all your beliefs line up into neat little bundles, you should be highly suspicious.I don’t like to self-identify on almost any level anymore, which keeps me from having too many of these so-called stable beliefs.We each have a contrarian belief society rejects.But the more our own identity and local tribe reject it, the more real it likely is.There are two attractive lessons about suffering in the long term.It can make you accept the world the way it is.The other lesson is it can make your ego change in an extremely hard way.Maybe you’re a competitive athlete, and you get injured badly, like Bruce Lee.You have to accept being an athlete is not your entire identity, and maybe you can forge a new identity as a philosopher.
I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.
Ex: I used to identify as libertarian, but then I would find myself defending positions I hadn’t really thought through because they’re a part of the libertarian canon.