Texas Appears to Be a Libertarian State

[MineralMan]

You know,

"Let the market decide."
"A libertarian society is a just society for the successful."
"People are responsible for their own welfare."
"Regulations are a Socialist construct."
"Individual liberty is the highest principle."
"Get off my damn lawn!"

"Now, where is my damned FEMA check?"

[utopian]

1. Yep, that about covers it

[safeinOhio]

2. Democracy is the enemy of they Libertarian State.

Make every state a Right to Vote State.

[Klaralven]

3. More of a feudal state -- run by cotton kings, cattle barons, oil barrons, ...

[Shell_Seas]

4. This.

[Quemado]

12. Don't forget utility barons, tech barons, etc.

Real estate barons, too.

[ananda]

16. wind turbine barons (T Boone Pickens) and..

natural gas barons (Jerry Jones) etc

[empedocles]

5. A libertarian environment - is a hellish environment

[Laelth]

6. Texas? Libertarian? No way.

Pleasure Cruz is already pushing for a measure to insure that Texas taxpayers foot the bill for the winterization that was recommended 10 years ago but never implemented by Texas’s private power companies.

Libertarian? Not even close. It’s gonna be socialized losses and privatized profits—pure, right-wing Republicanism of the kind that suits Texas.



-Laelth

[MineralMan]

7. Depends how you define libertarianism.

My definition starts with, "I've got mine. Good luck to you. Now, give me $5 for walking on my road or I'll kill you and bury you over there with the others."

[Laelth]

8. Well, that definition of libertarian is pretty accurate for Texas, I admit.

It’s still vile and sickening.

-Laelth

[gibraltar72]

9. End stage capitalism and libertarian bent on full display in Texass.

Hunger games on steroids.

[DBoon]

10. Any woman in texas who needs to terminate a pregnancy would disagree

[MineralMan]

11. Not all libertarians are pro-choice.

In fact, there are many who don't believe women have any right to have many rights at all.

There are several varieties of libertarianism, actually.

Most see liberty as something they have. Others are on their own.

[Quemado]

13. I left Texas in 2014, and with every passing year

my decision gets more and more validated.

[Wounded Bear]

14. Philosophically, I think "Libertarian state" is an oxymoron...

Their basic belief being that the state should do the absolute minimum.

[MineralMan]

15. Exactly. That's why everyone was freezing and had no electricity.

If they want heat and light, they should buy a generator, see? BTW, I have generators for sale. "Special 145% Polar Vortex Price Increase! Supplies Limited!"

See how that works?

[Wounded Bear]

17. Oh, yeah. Carpetbagging didn't die in the 1870's...

Price gouging is a time honored conservative tradition. I always thought of libertarians as conservatives on steroids, though they have some compatible ideas on drug regulation.

[MineralMan]

18. There are many colors of libertarianism.

Most are some variation of egotism, though. It's all about "me." "Who cares about you? Get your own."

Every incel, for example, is a libertarian. They're all pissed that women don't want to have sex with them, but it's never their own fault, see...

[milestogo]

19. Can we send Rand Paul there right now?

[MineralMan]

20. Nah. Russian Rand is working on his own state.

Kentucky is right in there with Texas. It's just smaller. He and Moscow Mitch have got their own thing going.

[FakeNoose]

21. Yes it does

Texas is where old libertarians go to hide out ... or die.