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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 02:10 PM Mar 2014

Since the current republican strategy is such a mess, we better prepare ourselves for a storm...

of Libertarian doctrine (Bullshit) as the next huge beard for Tea Bagger, Right Wing Conservatives.

Some of the doctrine in their politicking might sound very appealing to many middle class moderately informed voters who might lean a little left.

Just let us not forget how most of these Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman supporters are hugely in favor of
interfering with women/choice issues, as well as being homophobic, xenophobic,and most of all hiding their racist views and preceding issues behind the State Rights umbrella..

Below is a quick argument against the Flat Tax concept which will probably sound rather interesting to those voters who are moderately informed especially if it reduces their tax assessments..
http://www.adaction.org/pages/posts/flat-wrong-the-dangers-of-simple-minded-tax-plans727.php

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Since the current republican strategy is such a mess, we better prepare ourselves for a storm... (Original Post) busterbrown Mar 2014 OP
How about a humbler, more empatheic libertarianism pscot Mar 2014 #1
w/o Ayn Rand you don’t have much left.. busterbrown Mar 2014 #2
No thanks.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #3
Yea, don’t know how Libertarianism fits anywhere into a progressive agenda..n/t busterbrown Mar 2014 #4

pscot

(21,024 posts)
1. How about a humbler, more empatheic libertarianism
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 02:15 PM
Mar 2014

Social Democratic Libertarianism. Libertarianism without Ayn Rand.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
2. w/o Ayn Rand you don’t have much left..
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 02:19 PM
Mar 2014

Except a dis-regard of Theocracy....which is an absolute to most reasonable minds..

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
3. No thanks....
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 02:20 PM
Mar 2014

I will stick with Social Democrats as a label for myself. If the Teabaggers are the Libertarians of the Right...what does that mean for the Libertarians of the Left?

by the way I am pretty sure the Lyndon LaRouche's consider themselves the Libertarians of the Left.

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