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da flayboyant 2:
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 17, 2006, 04:09:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Purple Champ on November 17, 2006, 03:55:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 17, 2006, 03:16:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Machiavelli on November 17, 2006, 03:11:40 PM ---ant arent u a liberal though..u believe in libertarian views like freeman states?
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Libertarian = classic liberal.
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libertarian=weed smoking/supporting republican
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I'm a libertarian but I don't smoke weed.
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you support it right?
Lincoln:
--- Quote from: The Purple Champ on November 17, 2006, 04:10:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 17, 2006, 04:09:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Purple Champ on November 17, 2006, 03:55:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 17, 2006, 03:16:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Machiavelli on November 17, 2006, 03:11:40 PM ---ant arent u a liberal though..u believe in libertarian views like freeman states?
--- End quote ---
Libertarian = classic liberal.
--- End quote ---
libertarian=weed smoking/supporting republican
--- End quote ---
I'm a libertarian but I don't smoke weed.
--- End quote ---
you support it right?
--- End quote ---
Legalization? Yes, absolutely.
da flayboyant 2:
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 17, 2006, 04:15:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Purple Champ on November 17, 2006, 04:10:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 17, 2006, 04:09:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Purple Champ on November 17, 2006, 03:55:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lincoln on November 17, 2006, 03:16:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Machiavelli on November 17, 2006, 03:11:40 PM ---ant arent u a liberal though..u believe in libertarian views like freeman states?
--- End quote ---
Libertarian = classic liberal.
--- End quote ---
libertarian=weed smoking/supporting republican
--- End quote ---
I'm a libertarian but I don't smoke weed.
--- End quote ---
you support it right?
--- End quote ---
Legalization? Yes, absolutely.
--- End quote ---
well there you go
Ant:
I would say many libertarians vote republican, but they can go either way. In the current atmosphere a Libertarian is fucked.
The party of GWB is horrible for the ideology since it invades our privacy, expand government, and move us in the direction of a police state. The GOP stance on social issues is directly opposed to the views of libertarians. Plus the GOP is horribly corrupt and cynical.
But on the other hand, the Dems are annoying too. They're being taken over by the far-left, which strongly believes that government can cure all ills. So the current Dems are against free-trade, pro-union, pro-minimum wage, pro-industry regulation, and they love to create government programs that try to solve our problems.
Of course on social issues the Dems are much better. They don't care to invade our privacy as much, they don't care to take away personal freedoms as much, and they don't seem to be as anxious to turn us into a police state.
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But really libertarians are fucked.
I strongly support the ideology of Milton Friedman. That being, anything that increases freedom is good, anything that reduces freedom is bad.
Minimum wages reduces freedom.
Protectionism reduces freedom.
Government control of industry reduces freedom.
Higher taxes reduce freedom.
Bigger government reduces freedom.
Stricter law enforcement reduces freedom.
Probably the most obnoxious of these is the Dems desire to oppose free-trade. I hate the idea of protectionism with passion. It's hypocritical and immoral for Dems to oppose free-trade agreements.
Lincoln:
^^ Great post, this man speaks the truth.
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