Chris Kluwe: Here’s what’s wrong with Ayn Rand, libertarians

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43. Where libertarians lose it

I can't believe he actually wasted his time by reading Atlas. Libertarians that demand someone read that ugly propaganda piece have the same philosophy as religious proselytizers: brainwash by volume. Luckily, Chris Kluwe is a Viking at heart and managed to not get suckered into their simplistic cult.

Don't get me wrong, I share some views with libertarians: more open borders allowing a freer flow of people, ending marijuana prohibition, bringing the troops home, defunding the military-security complex, ending domestic espionage, restoring civil liberties, etc.

Where libertarians lose it is by focusing the majority of their efforts to unleashing corporate tyranny through their trickle down and deregulation economic hypotheses. They would take unprecedented wealth inequality and expand it so that 90% of us are suffering even worse so the oligarchs and plutocrats could live even more lavish lifestyles. No amount of "free market" fairy dust will ever satiate greed and cruelty.