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BigmanPigman

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2. I have read your post 4 times

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 01:42 AM

Nov 2017

and am still trying to wrap my head around it. Give me time, I am a slow learner.

Doesn't that make it the definition of hypocricy when you boil it down? How can you support both? Also, how can a truly Libertarian society exist? Is it sort of like how can a truly communist society is supposed to somehow function on a long term basis? That also leads me to ask how/why someone like Rand Paul is both a Libertarian and a member of the GOP. I know...too many questions.

Your reply is one that will have me asking many questions in the future. THANK YOU!

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Question:How can an individual support Ayn Rand [View all] BigmanPigman Nov 2017 OP

Here is one way marylandblue Nov 2017 #1

I have read your post 4 times BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #2

Ok, no problem, I have butted heads with Libertarians, and even read Atlas Shrugged marylandblue Nov 2017 #3

I think I am beginning to understand...there BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #4

Your welcome marylandblue Nov 2017 #5

And at the opposite end of the political spectrum you have the Anarchists. FarCenter Nov 2017 #9

That word came to me when I started to digest the info. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #18

Libertarians believe in a government that enforces laws that protect order and private property FarCenter Nov 2017 #19

Be glad you don't understand them -- because if you did, you'd be crazy too struggle4progress Nov 2017 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #13

Another way to look at it is through the psychology. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #7

Short version is they see big government and big corporations in the same light Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #8

The big difference is government is ultimately accountable RhodeIslandOne Nov 2017 #12

And that is where they disagree and we debate a lot Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #15

As far as politicians go.... RhodeIslandOne Nov 2017 #17

Easy. Their brains stopped developing at the age of 14. kydo Nov 2017 #10

I considered myself an Ayn Rand Objectivist HAB911 Nov 2017 #11

Individualism oberliner Nov 2017 #14

Occupy started in 2011. That was six years ago. Voltaire2 Nov 2017 #16