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In reply to the discussion: Just had a right-winger, a banker, in my office this morning [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Look at how one of our candidates tried to overset the primary election by superdelegate fiat, his belief in the nobility of his goals justifying sacrificing democracy itself to achieve them. And so do Ryan's.
Libertarians foolishly envision a world of stronger, healthier, freer people, who will pay far less for healthcare when prices are set by free market forces without government interference.
He's a zealot because that has never worked and never will. Any third world economic laboratory is proof. But the rise and ruthless lust for power and wealth of a billionaire class right here--which government didn't stop--is also proof.
But zealots are hardly known for wisdom, or restraint. I agree with Chemisse that he may well invest his current career in making this happen, any way it takes.
And I agree with you that he's a monster because he doesn't care what 200 million registered voters want or what a giant national experiment would do to the lives of 330 million.
And because people suffering from the (new and huge but ultimately passing) epidemics of heart, kidney and endocrine disease that developed with new ways of working and living have no place in his free world. A very different definition of what "problem" to attack and how to solve it than what public health experts are working on.