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Right "Libertarians" Are Just Fascists (Original Post) AZLD4Candidate Sep 2021 OP
They read Lord of the Flies in school and they thought Jack should be a cultural hero/role model ck4829 Sep 2021 #1
I would say Fascism is different from Libetarianism... TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #2
"personal responsibility" lambchopp59 Sep 2021 #3
Shapiro is an insufferable twat. Moostache Sep 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Sep 2021 #4
very true. TallMike Sep 2021 #6
There is far more Shapario than needed on that clip I dropped out. ShazamIam Sep 2021 #7
Shapiro is one of his favorite targets. Elon Musk is the other. AZLD4Candidate Sep 2021 #8
No they aren't iemanja Sep 2021 #9

ck4829

(35,093 posts)
1. They read Lord of the Flies in school and they thought Jack should be a cultural hero/role model
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 03:45 PM
Sep 2021

And they never outgrew, adjusted, or think they need to re-examine that belief.

That’s a right wing libertarian in a nutshell.

TheRealNorth

(9,500 posts)
2. I would say Fascism is different from Libetarianism...
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 03:54 PM
Sep 2021

But that's not to say Libertarians wouldn't go Fascist so long as they got what they wanted. Of course, a Fascist may eventually decide that they don't need the Libertarian once they have consolidated power (as happened to many German Conservatives that gave their support to Hitler, only to see themselves kicked to the curve (if they were lucky) once Hitler no longer needed them). Once Hitler got the backing of most of the generals (which he got be liquidating the SA), he no longer needed the traditional conservatives like van Papen.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
3. "personal responsibility"
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 04:03 PM
Sep 2021

Ben Shapiro's rags to riches bullshit: Homeless person goes to Harvard. Pull-ease. Aside from that shrill tone, any dismissive argument regarding homelessness or struggles to keep above ground on unskilled employee incomes much less attend Ivy League schools? Who the fluck does he think he's fooling?
Protection of "private property" has gone so overboard the legal system protects the wealthy in so many ways, dispenses the tax breaks to the likes of Shapiro and others who gained advantage via nepotism. These "pull yourselves up by the bootsrtaps" arguments are getting increasingly "let them eat cake" in a literal sense: low income quite often cannot afford better than the fast food dollar menu.
"personal responsibility" and "freedom" now has become an ironic excuse for irresponsible behavior as many of the anit-vaxxers I know of stake claim to being "libertarian", many with their heels dug in so hard they'll lose their jobs soon.
Most telling of all: especially RW pundits who are claiming that the poor, homeless and struggling to make ends meet aren't "their responsibility"... ahem... while railing against social programs that could help and taking all the advantages the tax and legal system empowers them with. No mention of CEO's and other administrative personnel collecting millions in bonuses on top of exorbitant payroll from the backs of minimum wage slavery? Of course not! Have they ever slept on the streets? Lost their homes to inability to keep up payments or rent?
They're not just blaming the victim, they're blaming THEIR victims.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
5. Shapiro is an insufferable twat.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:28 PM
Sep 2021

He has absolutely nothing of actual intellectual value to add to ANY discussion and he will vomit out the same tired bullshit lines over and over and over. He is a walking, talking, disinformation spewing, contempt leaking rotted piece of cantaloupe.

Response to AZLD4Candidate (Original post)

iemanja

(53,072 posts)
9. No they aren't
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:25 PM
Sep 2021

Libertarians want the absence of government. Fascism is a totalitarian system; the government exerts control over the economy, the absence of what libertarians want.

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