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Shell_Seas

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Reply to Klaralven (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 20, 2021, 01:36 PM

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Texas Appears to Be a Libertarian State [View all] MineralMan Feb 2021 OP

Yep, that about covers it utopian Feb 2021 #1

Democracy is the enemy of they Libertarian State. safeinOhio Feb 2021 #2

More of a feudal state -- run by cotton kings, cattle barons, oil barrons, ... Klaralven Feb 2021 #3

This. Shell_Seas Feb 2021 #4

Don't forget utility barons, tech barons, etc. Quemado Feb 2021 #12

wind turbine barons (T Boone Pickens) and.. ananda Feb 2021 #16

A libertarian environment - is a hellish environment empedocles Feb 2021 #5

Texas? Libertarian? No way. Laelth Feb 2021 #6

Depends how you define libertarianism. MineralMan Feb 2021 #7

Well, that definition of libertarian is pretty accurate for Texas, I admit. Laelth Feb 2021 #8

End stage capitalism and libertarian bent on full display in Texass. gibraltar72 Feb 2021 #9

Any woman in texas who needs to terminate a pregnancy would disagree DBoon Feb 2021 #10

Not all libertarians are pro-choice. MineralMan Feb 2021 #11

I left Texas in 2014, and with every passing year Quemado Feb 2021 #13

Philosophically, I think "Libertarian state" is an oxymoron... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #14

Exactly. That's why everyone was freezing and had no electricity. MineralMan Feb 2021 #15

Oh, yeah. Carpetbagging didn't die in the 1870's... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #17

There are many colors of libertarianism. MineralMan Feb 2021 #18

Can we send Rand Paul there right now? milestogo Feb 2021 #19

Nah. Russian Rand is working on his own state. MineralMan Feb 2021 #20

Yes it does FakeNoose Feb 2021 #21

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