Juneteenth isn’t a libertarian holiday, it’s a government one.
Libertarians don’t need the state to tell us when to celebrate freedom. The end of slavery aligns with libertarian values, but a state-recognized holiday isn’t liberty, it’s branding.
Juneteenth is a celebration of marching an army into Texas to enforce a government proclamation, which was delivered to a population which just had its independence prevented by use of force.
Slavery is bad. Not sure libertarian principals include killing people who don't want to freely associate with you, even if they are bad.
Exactly that’s my point.
Juneteenth commemorates a government army enforcing a government decree, not voluntary liberation. It may celebrate the end of slavery (a win for liberty), but it was achieved through state force and is now honored as a federal holiday.
Calling it "libertarian" while it’s enforced, recognized, and celebrated by the same government that restricts freedom in other ways is a contradiction.
Libertarians celebrate voluntary liberation, not government-approved narratives.
