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This goes right down to the core of why I self-label "independent" rather than anything else... nobody really stands up for individual rights anymore, not consistently.
Most conservatives are pro-business to the point of thinking "freedom" means to let employers walk all over their employees.
Libertarians mostly live in a fantasy world where they think the employer-employee relationship is non-coercive and a negotiation between equals (it isn't).
Liberals vary, hell at least SOME of them support the individuals' right to follow their conscience within reason, but a then others are knee-jerk religion haters.
No political ideology is really looking out for "the little guy/gal" these days. One side wants to let government walk all over you, the other side wants to let corporations walk all over you.
A plague on both houses.
Yes, everybody needs to compromise sometimes.