Libertarianism Is A Joke

[Penelope]

Trump is really a libertarian, wants to keep the money he makes, small government and wants to be free socially and do whatever he dam wants, be it an affair, not pay taxes , etc. The hate government , but as long as he is the head of it now, he is going to do whatever, stop all regulations, and lock up anyone he wants.

 

[Mac1958]

I used to like having them around as an important and perfectly reasonable reminder that we have to be careful with the size, scope and cost of government.

But then, libertarian fiscal policy essentially took over one of the major parties and created this wave of binary, simplistic, Old West, anti-government, every-man-for-himself thinking that simply ignores the legitimate needs of too many people in the most prosperous country on the planet.

In small doses, it's an interesting study. As a large-scale philosophy for a civilized society, not so much.
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[NightFox]

Since you don't even understand what it is you probably should either

a.) keep your baseless opinions to yourself
b.) educate yourself and then formulate an opinion based on reason and evidence.

As it stands now you're just making yourself look like a complete trailer trash imbecile that formulates opinions based on what it reads in the grocery store checkout line tabloids.

Of course that assumes that your intent isn't to make yourself appear to be an imbecile in front of people that know far more about the subject than you do, if I'm wrong regarding your intentions, allow me to be the first to congratulate you on achieving your objective.

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

What do you agree w/that the Libertarian in the video said?

Nothing, it's a silly talk show call in video with a bunch of hamsters trying to create an infotainment piece to feed the confirmation bias of a target audience and given your reaction, it worked.

If you want to learn about libertarianism, read the works of serious libertarians, if you want to be an ignorant sheeple keep letting videos like this one formulate your opinions for you.

 

[NightFox]

Trump is really a libertarian,

ROFLMAO! Trump is about as far from a libertarian as one can get.

He's an authoritarian progressive, just like you are.

 

[sartre play]

Every name is just a label, a way to be lazy, there are Republicans, democrats libertarians, independents who do a better job than there counterparts. blanket voting gets us the bottom of the pile more often than not.

 

[Penelope]

Trump is really a libertarian,

ROFLMAO! Trump is about as far from a libertarian as one can get.

He's an authoritarian progressive, just like you are.

He is , perfect example.

 

[whitehall]

The libertarian movement used to be about smaller more efficient government but in the last ten years or so it has been taken over by the pot heads.

So what, in your estimation, are the current Libertarians all about now?

Legalizing the sale of marijuana.

 

[Penelope]

Rand Paul and the Freedom Caucus are Libertarians.

 

[buckeye45_73]

LOL, libertarianism isn't a form a government, it's a philosophy based on the non-aggression principle.

That's even worse!

It's a buncha school-boy academic mumbu-jumbo nonsense that's being peddled as serious policy.

Dayum!

says the guy that supports socialism with its dismal failure seen every day for decades.

 

[TNHarley]

Hell of a thread! lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

 

[Penelope]

LOL, libertarianism isn't a form a government, it's a philosophy based on the non-aggression principle.

That's even worse!

It's a buncha school-boy academic mumbu-jumbo nonsense that's being peddled as serious policy.

Dayum!

says the guy that supports socialism with its dismal failure seen every day for decades.

What about corp tax abatements and farm subsidizes and bank socialism. What is ok for the capitalists is not ok for the working poor, disabled, or seniors.

 

[MarcATL]

I can't watch the video: YT is blocked at work.

Ditto, I used my phone to email it to myself.



Well, I look forward to you checking it out afterwards.

 

[Some Guy]

I used to like having them around as an important and perfectly reasonable reminder that we have to be careful with the size, scope and cost of government.

But then, libertarian fiscal policy essentially took over one of the major parties and created this wave of binary, simplistic, Old West, anti-government, every-man-for-himself thinking that simply ignores the legitimate needs of too many people in the most prosperous country on the planet.

In small doses, it's an interesting study. As a large-scale philosophy for a civilized society, not so much.
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Why is it the most prosperous country on the planet? Could it have something to do with, more than any other society in history, how people were in charge of their own destiny? The idea that individuals own the fruits of their own labor and can't have stolen from them for some collective good? The idea that you get to keep what you earn.

The answer is yes, it does. Those are libertarian principles. Anything has it's pros and it's cons and there's certainly side effects and cons to that kind of ideal where greed informs decisions that hurt people. No doubt. But the fact remains that the more you shackle individual right and opportunity, the poorer a society becomes. What people fail to realize is that the best check on big corporations is the freedom for people to get into a market to address where those big corporations either under serve or inadequately serve.

 

[MarcATL]

Beavis and Butt head are smarter than both those guys.

Social Security is as of right now is going to be bankrupt by 2034, but Medicare will be by 2026. How they will find Medicare I don't know one solution will probably be pull from SS which means it will be bankrupt before then.

The easiest argument against Social Security: where is it mentioned specifically in the Constitution?

What do we do with those who "lose": that's an individual state issue

Lots of things aren't mentioned specifically in the Constitution. So. what?

It's about what the government CAN'T do, not what they CAN. Isn't that the general rightwing trope?

 

[Mr.Blonde]

LOL, libertarianism isn't a form a government, it's a philosophy based on the non-aggression principle.

That's even worse!

It's a buncha school-boy academic mumbu-jumbo nonsense that's being peddled as serious policy.

Dayum!

says the guy that supports socialism with its dismal failure seen every day for decades.

What is funny is the host didn't realize he was peddling academics as fact when he talked about 410ks and what will people do without SS. No one can say for sure simply because SS exists which means everything is affected by it.

 

[TNHarley]

Beavis and Butt head are smarter than both those guys.

Social Security is as of right now is going to be bankrupt by 2034, but Medicare will be by 2026. How they will find Medicare I don't know one solution will probably be pull from SS which means it will be bankrupt before then.

The easiest argument against Social Security: where is it mentioned specifically in the Constitution?

What do we do with those who "lose": that's an individual state issue

Lots of things aren't mentioned specifically in the Constitution. So. what?

It's about what the government CAN'T do, not what they CAN. Isn't that the general rightwing trope?

The Constitution gives the fed gov enumerated powers. Cant, can...however you want to look at it.

 

[Mr.Blonde]

Beavis and Butt head are smarter than both those guys.

Social Security is as of right now is going to be bankrupt by 2034, but Medicare will be by 2026. How they will find Medicare I don't know one solution will probably be pull from SS which means it will be bankrupt before then.

The easiest argument against Social Security: where is it mentioned specifically in the Constitution?

What do we do with those who "lose": that's an individual state issue

Lots of things aren't mentioned specifically in the Constitution. So. what?

It's about what the government CAN'T do, not what they CAN. Isn't that the general rightwing trope?

Right and according to the 10th amendment that means it is a state issue.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Beavis and Butt head are smarter than both those guys.

Social Security is as of right now is going to be bankrupt by 2034, but Medicare will be by 2026. How they will find Medicare I don't know one solution will probably be pull from SS which means it will be bankrupt before then.

The easiest argument against Social Security: where is it mentioned specifically in the Constitution?

What do we do with those who "lose": that's an individual state issue

Lots of things aren't mentioned specifically in the Constitution. So. what?

It's about what the government CAN'T do, not what they CAN. Isn't that the general rightwing trope?

trope? you don't believe that? Do tell

 

[MarcATL]

A progressive making fun of someone being educated? This is awkward. But it fits. Libertarians are often the only adults in the room.

Of course Libertarianism isn't a form of government. "Republicanism" and "Democratism" isn't either. There's a Libertarian party and then there's libertarian school of thought. It's pretty simple too. No one should be able to apply force on anyone else to get what they want. Everything spawns off of that. It's a philosophy that informs small to no government principles since government is inherently "force."

You've been here a while. You think I stumbled into that by mistake, or did it on purpose?

 

[MarcATL]

Beavis and Butt head are smarter than both those guys.

Social Security is as of right now is going to be bankrupt by 2034, but Medicare will be by 2026. How they will find Medicare I don't know one solution will probably be pull from SS which means it will be bankrupt before then.

The easiest argument against Social Security: where is it mentioned specifically in the Constitution?

What do we do with those who "lose": that's an individual state issue

Lots of things aren't mentioned specifically in the Constitution. So. what?

It's about what the government CAN'T do, not what they CAN. Isn't that the general rightwing trope?

trope? you don't believe that? Do tell

Why not address the message of my post...hmm!?!??