SPC (and other libertarians) Political Views Discussion Thread

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Secession is a fundamental right of any political entity. No individual or group should be forcibly bound to a despotic authoritative body.

[Associate Justice PiT]

In other words, the philosophy of the American minarchist is a philosophy of 'buts'. Liberty for all!... but the gays, when they prove to be politically inconvenient to a forsaken marriage with the Republican Party. Self-ownership to all!... save the self-ownership of the woman over her means of sexual reproduction; those must be overseen by her local and Religious authorities. Government isn't the answer to our problems; government is the problem - except in the foreign arena, where our State-funded military is the answer, and there we need a Victory Tax to Support Our Boys. And above all, you will be patriotic: there's no socialism like national socialism!

You're confusing libertarianism with conservatism, big difference.

     It's worth noting that Reagan himself was rather libertarian. The only thing is that he sold out his ideology for political gain & came to espouse dangerous ideas in regards to social freedoms & miltary spending while in the White House, all while continuing to claim that the government shouldn't be taking our money.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I have a question too. Do you believe corporations should have the same rights as an individual person?

     Well, I'd say that corporations should "have" whatever rights can be inferred as an extension of their owner's rights. To elaborate, strictly speaking they themselves would have no rights, though certain rights of their owner & of their agents would effectively, if not technically, extend to being rights of the corporation.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I have a question too. Do you believe corporations should have the same rights as an individual person?

     Well, I'd say that corporations should "have" whatever rights can be inferred as an extension of their owner's rights. To elaborate, strictly speaking they themselves would have no rights, though certain rights of their owner & of their agents would effectively, if not technically, extend to being rights of the corporation.

Does that include to right for a corporation to donate to run political ads? What about bribing politicians through a "campaign donation"? Campaign donations in general?

     I suppose you are referring to bundling, in that case. a CEO would be within his rights to make a donation & request that all employees do the same, though giving them incentives for doing so or forcing them to do so would be immoral.