I mean I guess. The Libertarian platform is a hot mess, On "principle" I guess it can be boiled down to "do whatever you want, just try not to break stuff or hurt others"
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I mean I guess. The Libertarian platform is a hot mess, On "principle" I guess it can be boiled down to "do whatever you want, just try not to break stuff or hurt others"
I always imagine a libertarian to be like a 6 year old screaming at his parents to stop telling them what to do.
I had a brief stint as a libertarian in college as a way to gently break it to my Reagan loving father that I was not going to ever be a republican.
Ah yes, Bush Sr who was the only incumbent VP to win the presidency in a century after he steamrolled Dukakis.
You could also say that Dukakis tanked his chance as well.
Libertarianism only works in a vacuum. And barely then.
Hahaha
Is the right's version of anarchism?
Yep, same here.
We live in strange and dangerous times (perhaps that has always been true, from a certain perspective - but we're looking at a planet going to hell fast in terms that are undeniable to anyone but people who positively ignore/deny science) - feckin' "libertarians" have very little going for them at the moment.
Anarchism is a million times more feasible (and ethical) than Libertarianism.
It's really that far out? Jaysus.
Am I the only one on here who thinks Trump currently must be under investigation by the FBI and that he and a bunch of people around him (Giuliani, Don Jr among others) will be charged with instigating an insurrection/riot in the near future? There's no doubt the Jan 6th wouldn't have happened without him.
No, they are definitely looking at Giuliani. He failed in the courts and suggested "trial by combat" minuted before the assault on the Capitol.
Trump is going to be fighting lawsuits and criminal investigations for many years, that's for sure.
There were a few very similar statements from the orange menace as well. He was just a cnut hair away from telling them to burn down Congress and execute Pence.
... but peacefully.
I don't disagree but as always with that clown his statements are constructed to push the limits of what's acceptable without tipping over into liability.
yes.
i've posted this probably 100 times in different threads here, but i love it so posting it again: http://mattbruenig.com/2018/02/16/trump-nlrb-smashed-google-guy/
it was a conflict between property rights and free speech, and trump's republicans support property rights.
this is another favourite blog, it's not directly about free speech, but lots of examples of how employer rights destroy free expression: https://crookedtimber.org/2012/07/01/let-it-bleed-libertarianism-and-the-workplace/
a twitter thread about the exact topic:
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I just can't see how he's going to get away with this one, he's gone too far. He used to move around in a bit of a murky water, with the Ukraine case and dodgy Russians and all that. This time he's the de facto leader of a violent movement which on his orders moved to "stop the steal", probably with an aim to kill a bunch of Congress members and somehow keep him in office.
Not about Rudy, exclusively, but - the generally frivolous nature of those lawsuits should be looked at closely.
Shouting wildly about election fraud outside the courtrooms, bringing in random MAGA halfwits to "testify" in "hearings" - but stopping short of claiming fraud where it actually mattered (because they knew they had nothing)...that utter nonsense shouldn't pass without an aftermath of some kind.
And yeah - Rudy himself should get his ass kicked in some shape or form regardless. Of course he contributed to the shameful Capitol events. He blatantly encouraged misinformed feckwits who went on to become de facto terrorists. That really isn't a far fetched take on it: he told 'em to engage in combat, literally speaking.
GOP did from 80-92. Did you mean more than 3 consecutive terms?
Yes, but it slipped my mind because as @WI_Red said, Dukakis got tanked and it was an oversight on my part. My original point stands that one political party rarely holds control of the Executive branch for more than 8 consecutive years (two terms). It's very rare and even if the GOP is a shell of itself from 10 to 15 years ago, a 'viable' Presidential candidate will arise in the next 10 years.
It would be delicious if they somehow brought a RICO case against Trump and his acolytes.
It's not really capitalism. Ultimate libertarianism essentially reduces the state to law enforcement, justice, and military. Everything else would be private. This is known as the 'night-watchman state' (or minarchy; link).
Absolutely - although there are many variants of anarchy as well. One of them is anarcho-capitalism, where even those last bits remaining in the night-watchman state are private. Some libertarians see that as the end-goal, actually, but I think they're probably a small minority. Not my favorite type of anarchy.
To be clear, anarcho-capitalism is not a form of anarchism. Anarchism is inherently anti-capitalistic. The terms are definitely confusing, and it doesn't help that Libertarianism used to be another word for anarchism, before it was co-opted by the right (a bit like how the Nazis were "National socialists")
New York City moves to end contracts with the Trump Organization
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/13/business/trump-new-york-city-contracts/index.html
His brand is beyond repair.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/13/business/trump-new-york-city-contracts/index.html
His brand is beyond repair.
Impeached officially for the 2nd time.
‘Believe me folks, I’m the best at being impeached, nobody gets impeached more than me’.
‘Believe me folks, I’m the best at being impeached, nobody gets impeached more than me’.
Just read the news. So much winning!
10 GOP voted with Dems too. Most bipartisan impeachment in history!
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/don...chment-acquitted-in-the-senate.450772/page-98
I vote we open this thread.
I vote we open this thread.
I'm more upset we won't get to 3000 pages on this thread
I feel like those dodgy late-night infomercial style ads on Fox News are in his future.
More impeachments than terms. Nice.
Dunno... he might go all in on trump TV instead
Winning bigly
Raoul, can we get a thread title update to reflect the 2nd impeachment?
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