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RhodeIslandOne

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17. As far as politicians go....

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #15)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 10:29 AM

Nov 2017

....if they get voted out it’s none of my business what they go on to do, as long as it’s not my dime paying them. It’s the person replacing them I care about and that they don’t endorse the same bad policy, etc.

The problem with libertarians is they generally refuse to participate in government other than gripe and therefore don’t help to hold people accountable in cushy jobs. Instead, they deem EVERY government worker a lazy bum and advocate dismantling the entire system rather than fix the leak.

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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