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His original quote was "Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notori

by taysic 9y ago

His original quote was "Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron." He seems pro democracy but then seems to think that some people's voting patterns threaten it. He clarified the statement with: "It would be absurd to suggest that women’s votes will be taken away or that this would solve the political problems that vex us. While I don’t think any class of people should be disenfranchised, I have little hope that voting will make things better" So he doesn't like voting at all? Isn't that a pillar of democracy? Strange and I am libertarian leaning... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/peter-thiel-donates-donald-trump_us_5804fd5de4b0162c043d2fa7 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/peter-thiel-donates-don...

fareesh 9y ago
If Rivendell one day decided to become a democracy, and I as an Orc wanted to bring the Orcish way of life to Rivendell, the prospect of Elves being allowed to vote would factually be a hindrance to that kind of model assuming that Elves want to preserve their existing Elvish way of life. (The implicit assumption here is that these particular voting groups are statistically more in favor of a welfare based system than a merit based one.) Therefore, if one were to believe that the Orcish way of life equals "making things better", and one is living in a democratic system where the Elves are allowed to vote, then I would "have little hope that voting will make things better", since voting would lead us away from an Orcish way of life, which I assume to be superior. He loves voting He thinks taking away voting rights is absurd He has little hope that voting is going to make things better, given the outcome of those votes. The opinion here is "capitalism good, libertarianism good, democracy good, XYZ groups tend to vote against my political philosophy". The rest is facts. Given that the democracy votes the way it does, and is heavily affected by the votes of XYZ groups given their sizes, factually, voting will not make things opinionatedly better, as an outcome.

by taysic 9y ago

fareesh 9y ago

If Rivendell one day decided to become a democracy, and I as an Orc wanted to bring the Orcish way of life to Rivendell, the prospect of Elves being allowed to vote would factually be a hindrance to that kind of model assuming that Elves want to preserve their existing Elvish way of life. (The implicit assumption here is that these particular voting groups are statistically more in favor of a welfare based system than a merit based one.) Therefore, if one were to believe that the Orcish way of life equals "making things better", and one is living in a democratic system where the Elves are allowed to vote, then I would "have little hope that voting will make things better", since voting would lead us away from an Orcish way of life, which I assume to be superior. He loves voting He thinks taking away voting rights is absurd He has little hope that voting is going to make things better, given the outcome of those votes. The opinion here is "capitalism good, libertarianism good, democracy good, XYZ groups tend to vote against my political philosophy". The rest is facts. Given that the democracy votes the way it does, and is heavily affected by the votes of XYZ groups given their sizes, factually, voting will not make things opinionatedly better, as an outcome.