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whatthehey

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1. Smug idiots who think they "made themselves" without the help of government

Reply to JonathanRackham (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:24 PM

May 2016

While not paying for their own roads, education, defense, legal system, regulations for their suppliers, markets and customers, enforcement of their contracts and safety for themselves.

The real Galt's Gulch is in Somalia.

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Where do Libertarians come from? [View all] JonathanRackham May 2016 OP

Smug idiots who think they "made themselves" without the help of government whatthehey May 2016 #1

Very good description! Exceptional in fact! tonyt53 May 2016 #2

Not exactly metroins May 2016 #3

Libertarianism is what happens when you take a basically sound principle and overgeneralise it. Donald Ian Rankin May 2016 #4

Here are just a few excerpts of the Libertarian Party platform that David Koch ran on in 1980: Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #5

K & R. Thanks for posting, too few people realize the scope of their disturbing platform. appalachiablue May 2016 #18

Horrors. ronnie624 Jun 2016 #29

Real life Treasoners. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #35

The GOP. Libertarians are Republicans who want to smoke weed. nt TeamPooka May 2016 #6

Not one myself, but I've worked with lots of the "techie libertarian" variety... cemaphonic May 2016 #7

I know lots of really good libertarian business people Mosby May 2016 #8

Jonathan if you ever find out what hole they are crawling out of.. let me know Peacetrain May 2016 #9

Actually, libertarian is likely a third, genetically linked Hortensis May 2016 #10

Haiti milestogo May 2016 #11

Ahh no, Haiti has always been ruled by dictators. former9thward Jun 2016 #25

When I was in the military, NobodyHere May 2016 #12

money especially wasted on the military tenderfoot Jun 2016 #21

This quote I think explains it as well as anything mythology May 2016 #13

When a right-winger loves his weed very, very much..... Coventina May 2016 #14

the concept of individual freedom does have appeal dembotoz May 2016 #15

. gollygee May 2016 #16

Priceless JonathanRackham May 2016 #17

They were set free on the moors when they learned to walk. rug May 2016 #19

If you want to know what a Libertarian world would look like Yavin4 May 2016 #20

From the mating Mendocino Jun 2016 #22

They're numbed into indifference by excessive exposure to human stupidity Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #23

Libertarians are Republicans too high to peep in anyone's bedroom window. n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2016 #24

A socially liberal sperm cell Zambero Jun 2016 #26

Libertarian is just a the mid point on the evolution of a conservative into a Liberal. dilby Jun 2016 #27

Libertarianism is an excuse ... Tortmaster Jun 2016 #28

They're republicans who smoke pot. demosincebirth Jun 2016 #30

That is the best explaination I have heard Jim Beard Jun 2016 #31

Anarchy flying rabbit Jun 2016 #32

Scratch a Libertarian and you find underneath a Fascist Social-Darwinist... Odin2005 Jun 2016 #33

Logical Bollocksland. HughBeaumont Jun 2016 #34

My experience is Libertatians are folks who feel their encounters with government have been Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #36