01-12-2020, 12:11 AM
(11-11-2016, 03:49 AM)Galen Wrote:(11-11-2016, 12:27 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: Religious libertarians, also known as the freedom caucus, hold the balance of power in both the House and the Senate, though. If they're forced to switch to Democrat, Republican control will collapse. I think the Republicans will try hard to hang on to them.
I think your right. There are many Christians in Libertarian circles and even the atheists don't care as long as they adhere to the non-aggression principle.
1. Donald Trump is not a Christian. He believes in himself as God.
2. Three years later, Democrats control the House and seem likely to hold onto it. Republicans have a shaky hold on the Senate.
3. The Republican Party has come to endorse Big Government just as resolutely as the Democrats. The difference is the purpose, Republicans using Big Government to enforce the will of economic elites -- with severe aggression.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.