Wow, that was a fascinating article.
But the problem with libertarianism is that it allows an abuse of power by big businesses, which is what Democrats (mainly progressives like Bernie Sanders) are trying to fight. The early 2010s marked the rise of the Tea Party, which seemed uber-libertarian (at least with economics and government), but many people who opposed the Tea Party opposed the corruption of big business that comes with deregulation. This is why libertarian doesn't work and I will not support it.
To quote Anthony '58:
But the problem with libertarianism is that it allows an abuse of power by big businesses, which is what Democrats (mainly progressives like Bernie Sanders) are trying to fight. The early 2010s marked the rise of the Tea Party, which seemed uber-libertarian (at least with economics and government), but many people who opposed the Tea Party opposed the corruption of big business that comes with deregulation. This is why libertarian doesn't work and I will not support it.
To quote Anthony '58:
(07-23-2016, 03:51 PM)Anthony Wrote: There is no such thing as a doctrinaire libertarian.If Trump wins, we might see the deregulation of businesses to such an extent, which is bad for the middle class, because the rich will get richer and make everyone else poor. People who aren't elite will become serfs, just like the slaves to the plantation owners before the Civil War. Maybe the Republicans will become like the classical liberal "left" and the Democrats will become the big-government conservative "right". But I doubt the Republicans will become the Party of Lincoln once again.
"Libertarianism" is the biggest fraud in American political history.
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—Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
—Mark Twain
'98 Millennial