ernest_t_bass;1457428 wrote:

This bitch...

Also, this bitch...

Also, this bitch...

ernest_t_bass;1458192 wrote:

I lol'd!

ernest_t_bass;1458192 wrote:

Ehhhh....Sounds good but as Baron Actons said, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Don't fool yourself into believing Libertarians are immune from being as stupid as Repubs and Dems.

believer;1458244 wrote:Ehhhh....Sounds good but as Baron Actons said, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Don't fool yourself into believing Libertarians are immune from being as stupid as Repubs and Dems.

Never liked that quote. Baron Actons must not have been familiar with the numerous monarchs who were fair and just to their people throughout history. Granted, they were in the minority, but they did exist.

And there are plenty of stupid Libertarians already. Difference is that the concept of leaving people alone is baked right into the identity of Libertarianism. When something ceases to be freedom-supporting, it ventures further away from Libertarianism itself.


And just so I don't get the "memes" whining again:

O-Trap;1458246 wrote:Never liked that quote. Baron Actons must not have been familiar with the numerous monarchs who were fair and just to their people throughout history. Granted, they were in the minority, but they did exist.

And there are plenty of stupid Libertarians already. Difference is that the concept of leaving people alone is baked right into the identity of Libertarianism. When something ceases to be freedom-supporting, it ventures further away from Libertarianism itself.


And just so I don't get the "memes" whining again:

Awesome.

ernest_t_bass;1460829 wrote:

This is great. Reps. Also, it ties in nicely with what I came here to post.

ernest_t_bass;1460829 wrote:

Yea... considering there isn't a single country now nor in history that has a libertarian government, that means that authoritarianism has always reigned.

http://stg.do/ZRVc


When you were proud of your president and his allegiance to the country.

Commander of Awesome;1462082 wrote:Yea... considering there isn't a single country now nor in history that has a libertarian government, that means that authoritarianism has always reigned.

This is somewhat true, though the title "Libertarian" is rather contemporary. Some of the early presidents would have been somewhat closer to it than we've had as of recently. Jefferson seems to have been, in many ways, "liberty-leaning."

Authoritarianism has been around for millenia. Monarchs were technically authoritarian in principle, though occasionally they functioned in a relatively absent capacity, appearing more like liberty-leaning.

But as a rule, it will be more difficult for someone to seize control in order for everyone to be left alone than it will be for someone to seize control in order to impose himself on the populous.

QuakerOats;1462217 wrote:http://stg.do/ZRVc


When you were proud of your president and his allegiance to the country.

Meh ... I'm not sure that throwing the first pitch, even in New York at the time, is the best indicator of whether or not a president's allegiances are with the US.

QuakerOats;1462217 wrote:http://stg.do/ZRVc


When you were proud of your president and his allegiance to the country.

Perfect ... We can't say that today nor will the future history of America verify this Community Oragnizer as a learder.