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Yeah that's very strange. I've heard other libertarians support Trump too and I can't imagine why. He's definitely not a libertarian. What Trump has done well

by api 10y ago

Yeah that's very strange. I've heard other libertarians support Trump too and I can't imagine why. He's definitely not a libertarian. What Trump has done well is to tap into a wellspring of hate for the status quo that stretches across the political and wealth spectrum.

nolepointer 10y ago
Electing Trump is about disrupting the system.
- mwfunk 10y ago
  If true, that's an even worse reason to vote for Trump.
  - nolepointer 10y ago
    Well, I disagree. I already voted for him in the primary and I'll be voting for him in the general.
    - api 10y ago
      Why would a power lusting narcissist disrupt the source of his power? If he lands in that chair he will grow the power and size of government more than anyone since maybe Johnson or LBJ. It will be his vehicle. Finally the world will have to recognize Trump for the genius he is. He will have the whole Fed and all its money and power to write his name on history. He's not a conservative. He's not a liberal. He's a Trumpist.
mwfunk 10y ago
You could say that about the GOP in general these days- lots of publicly expressed libertarian sentiment coupled with decidedly non-libertarian values like social conservatism, rah rah militarism, religion, and white nationalism. I don't understand how anyone can live with that level of cognitive dissonance and not go insane.
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rayiner 10y ago
People are hoping that Trump will be the political equivalent of the forest fire. If he burns everything down, something different might spring up in place.
- api 10y ago
  That's a stupid idea. Totalitarianism is the natural state. This relative state of freedom we enjoy is the abberation. It is the forest fire. A narcissistic authoritarian personality like Trump will dump water on it. Send a dull apparatchik like Hillary. Whatever. Keep the lights on and work on things that are actually important. If there is to be a revolution in any positive direction it will come from that.
- dctoedt 10y ago
  > People are hoping that Trump will be the political equivalent of the forest fire. If he burns everything down, something different might spring up in place. That worked so well for the Arab Spring.
falsestprophet 10y ago
You find it strange that conservatives support the Republican nominee for the presidency?

by api 10y ago

nolepointer 10y ago

Electing Trump is about disrupting the system.

mwfunk 10y ago
If true, that's an even worse reason to vote for Trump.
- nolepointer 10y ago
  Well, I disagree. I already voted for him in the primary and I'll be voting for him in the general.
  - api 10y ago
    Why would a power lusting narcissist disrupt the source of his power? If he lands in that chair he will grow the power and size of government more than anyone since maybe Johnson or LBJ. It will be his vehicle. Finally the world will have to recognize Trump for the genius he is. He will have the whole Fed and all its money and power to write his name on history. He's not a conservative. He's not a liberal. He's a Trumpist.

mwfunk 10y ago

You could say that about the GOP in general these days- lots of publicly expressed libertarian sentiment coupled with decidedly non-libertarian values like social conservatism, rah rah militarism, religion, and white nationalism. I don't understand how anyone can live with that level of cognitive dissonance and not go insane.

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rayiner 10y ago

People are hoping that Trump will be the political equivalent of the forest fire. If he burns everything down, something different might spring up in place.

api 10y ago
That's a stupid idea. Totalitarianism is the natural state. This relative state of freedom we enjoy is the abberation. It is the forest fire. A narcissistic authoritarian personality like Trump will dump water on it. Send a dull apparatchik like Hillary. Whatever. Keep the lights on and work on things that are actually important. If there is to be a revolution in any positive direction it will come from that.
dctoedt 10y ago
> People are hoping that Trump will be the political equivalent of the forest fire. If he burns everything down, something different might spring up in place. That worked so well for the Arab Spring.

falsestprophet 10y ago

You find it strange that conservatives support the Republican nominee for the presidency?