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discocrisco01

(1,666 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2016, 09:06 PM Sep 2016

What Happens In A Libertarian World? (w/Guest: Austin Peterson)

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What Happens In A Libertarian World? (w/Guest: Austin Peterson) (Original Post) discocrisco01 Sep 2016 OP

A great interview. Should be required viewing in this election! Stevepol Sep 2016 #1

K&R. Heard this on Thom, Very important for people to realize how dog eat dog the vision is. Overseas Sep 2016 #2

Libertarians are a joke.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #3

they have an infantile view of power Locrian Sep 2016 #4

Stevepol

(4,234 posts)

1. A great interview. Should be required viewing in this election!

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 10:08 PM

Sep 2016

Overseas

(12,121 posts)

2. K&R. Heard this on Thom, Very important for people to realize how dog eat dog the vision is.

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:32 AM

Sep 2016

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

3. Libertarians are a joke....

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:44 AM

Sep 2016

They think everyone will get a pony if they could wave a magic wand and make government go away.

Locrian

(4,522 posts)

4. they have an infantile view of power

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:03 PM

Sep 2016

They think that eliminating one specific power structure (ie gov - which is supposed to support and be supported by the people) would level the playing field. As if there would never be other power structures that would rise up in the absence of any opposition.

They remind me of someone sitting on a sofa all day smoking pot and ordering pizza - their whole worldview is one of isolated personal "kingdoms" that somehow are all self sustaining and independent w/o need of any other person or organization.

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