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Leinad
Junior Chimp
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E: -7.03, S: -7.91

« on: August 19, 2015, 08:25:18 AM »

"Ludwig Von Mises" and "Libertarian" cannot be included within the same sentence unless it includes the word "not".
Example:
Ludwig Von Mises was not a Libertarian due to his opposition to human freedom.
You need to choose. Is libertarianism bad/immoral/capitalist, or is it good but misunderstood? It can't be both.
He's selectively using the economic part of libertarianism, which he obviously loathes, and the social part of libertarianism, which I'd guess he's a pretty big fan of.

Classic Conservative isn't libertarian as much as I am socialist because I agree with them on a few (non-economic) things. As far as I can gather, Classic Conservative is...a classic...conservative. He gave himself an accurate name.



Now I feel obligated to post knee-jerk partial cabinet picks:

Vice-President: Gary Johnson
Secretary of State: Justin Amash
Secretary of the Treasury: Dr. Ron Paul
Attorney General: Bob Barr
Secretary of Defense: Clint Eastwood (I'm actually half serious)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Dr. Ben Carson
Secretary of Education: Jimmy Wales
Secretary of Energy: Dr. Mary Ruwart, PhD
Secretary of Transportation: Thomas Massie
Secretary of Commerce: Wayne Allyn Root
Secretary of Homeland Security: Dr. Rand Paul

Extra:
Director of National Intelligence: Edward Snowden

All of those but Snowden and Carson are libertarian or close to it. And that's also probably the record for the most doctorates in a cabinet, even though I left some out. I might keep around Castro and add Cruz so I could learn their weaknesses if they try to topple my libertarian utopia in the next election.
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Leinad
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 5,049
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.03, S: -7.91

« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 03:02:31 AM »
« Edited: August 20, 2015, 03:04:14 AM by Leinad, Southern Legislator »

Libertarian is a term equivalent to social anarchist or anarcho-communist, at least in the classical sense. In America, people who call themselves libertarians usually don't fit that mold, though. The 'Americanized' version of the term was deliberately lifted by a very specific and very bizarre variant of the New Right in the early 1970s that didn't play well with others and embraced parts of the new social movements while fundamentally rejecting the social content of them. In reality, they're not 'libertarians' in the sense that they seek absolute freedom insofar as possible, but instead just support absolute liberty for really wealthy dickheads who shouldn't (in their view) be encumbered by 'Big Government' bureaucrats telling them not to spend their 'hard earned' (lol) money on hookers and blow.

I get your point, but to me people can't have freedom if their wallets are regulated to death. It has nothing to do with my personal greed (I don't aspire to be wealthy), just a philosophy of limited government intervention in all areas, including the economy. Pure capitalism isn't perfect, but pure communism is worse.

The term "libertarian" generally means minimal government intervention in social sectors, economic sectors, and international sectors. Neither you nor I get to redefine what words mean.
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