Already have an account? log in
This article is FREE for you
Create a free account and join institutional investors, analysts and strategists from the world's largest banks
By submitting your email address you agree to receive communication by email
Where Are The Libertarians When You Need Them?
Late last week, the Supreme Court ruled that Elon Musk's brainchild, DOGE, can access Americans' Soc
OR, subscribe now for unlimited access
By submitting your email address you agree to receive communication by email
By submitting your email address you agree to receive communication by email
Apparently as long as the actions are taken against a blue state they don’t care. Bring them to heel and kiss the ring.
I’ve never met a Libertarian who didn’t scream under the dentists drill.
Libertarians, “originalists”, and evangelicals are the three most hypocritical portions of the American electorate. These are the descendants of the Lost Cause and will never acknowledge that all their animus toward the developed world is built on the anger over having being told they couldn’t hold people in bondage or at least prevent them from having the right to own property or vote. That’s the freedom they want.
Reichstag fire.
A well articulated and accurate plea that will unfortunately fall on deaf ears. As long as it’s happening to “them” or as long as they like who wields the power, they will not care what happens. As always though, they will scream and yell and commit violence as soon as “they” command the same power.
Americans tend to be a nihilistic bunch, megalomaniacs who assume some sort of birthright superiority to all other humans. These people have no real principles, preferring tribal associations as a means to access power. They will invent or adopt principles when they are defeated that they immediately abandon when they regain power. They will wear the masks of Christians, conservatives, colonials, or rebels when it is convenient and to bind the tribe together. But ultimately what they crave is dominance, to control the people they hate and to make them feel pain for rejecting or not fitting into their clan.
I agree, but they, “libertarians,” don’t care. I’ve tried getting through to some. Only racist white guys, and Enrique Tarrio, have freedoms to violate. Mexicans hoping to earn enough money to buy their next meal fall into the NRP category, where that means not real people.
Yeah, well all those white guys are subject to the DOGE SSA ruling too which is to say their personal data — and that of their families — is just as exposed as everyone else’s.
I hear you and agree. They still don’t care. It was never about freedom.
Most will tell you that they have nothing to hide, a sign they are not actually libertarians. Plus if rifling through the SSA will root out those pesky illegals who are getting something for free from “their” tax dollars, well thats just the price to pay. Oh, wait, if an undocumented worker is in the SSA that means he/she is mostly likely paying taxes that help support Bubba’s memaw’s Capri Sun addiction, and they most likely won’t get anything back for themselves.
Libertarians like Thiel who install VPs, Senators and co-founding the company tasked with aggregating all the DOGE data. Those Libertarians?
Maybe all those guns we all own are going to become more of a problem than Trump imagines. No political party affiliation required on a gun license (380 million last I saw).
The libertarians will come crawling back from under the carpet if and when the present regime loses power.
Emphasis on “if.”
Remember federalism and states’ rights? Republicans brayed about that for years- then they passed Salt limitations when it suited them. This is far worse but no different in principle.