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most of his rants are well justified in my opinion my issue with his narrative and he doesnt really offer any viable alternatives execept suggesting government

most of his rants are well justified in my opinion my issue with his narrative and he doesnt really offer any viable alternatives execept suggesting government regulation (which is usually responsible for whatever situation he's ranting about in the first place)

vadfa 5y ago
You have just defined the left. Regulation causes problems? We need more of it.
- kinjba11 5y ago
  More like the entire political spectrum. Regulation causing problems? Was the regulation trying to solve a problem for my tribe? Regulation needs to be fixed. Is it trying to solve a problem for the enemy tribe? Clearly the regulations need to be axed.
  - eru 5y ago
    There might be only one dimension to playing politics, but there's more than one dimension to policy and regulation.
- hnbad 5y ago
  This is not only incomplete but also misses that the American right is also largely defined by Christian conservatives who see being "tough on crime" as the solution to everything. The only discernable difference to me is that the American left usually wants laws that regulate businesses whereas the American right usually wants laws that regulate individuals. Except of course the Democrats are just as dependent on wealthy donors and business deals as the Republicans so the regulations passed by them end up being pretty toothless and easy to circumvent. Both parties (but especially the Republicans) also perpetually increase military and police spending, which is only a "small government" policy if you think the only role of the government is enforcing private property rights. Ironically, anarchists (who are far left) want to abolish this enforcement of private property rights and only support regulations in so far that they limit the use of those rights against individuals. Anarcho-capitalists (who are not on the left) want to abolish everything BUT this enforcement.

vadfa 5y ago

You have just defined the left. Regulation causes problems? We need more of it.

kinjba11 5y ago
More like the entire political spectrum. Regulation causing problems? Was the regulation trying to solve a problem for my tribe? Regulation needs to be fixed. Is it trying to solve a problem for the enemy tribe? Clearly the regulations need to be axed.
- eru 5y ago
  There might be only one dimension to playing politics, but there's more than one dimension to policy and regulation.
hnbad 5y ago
This is not only incomplete but also misses that the American right is also largely defined by Christian conservatives who see being "tough on crime" as the solution to everything. The only discernable difference to me is that the American left usually wants laws that regulate businesses whereas the American right usually wants laws that regulate individuals. Except of course the Democrats are just as dependent on wealthy donors and business deals as the Republicans so the regulations passed by them end up being pretty toothless and easy to circumvent. Both parties (but especially the Republicans) also perpetually increase military and police spending, which is only a "small government" policy if you think the only role of the government is enforcing private property rights. Ironically, anarchists (who are far left) want to abolish this enforcement of private property rights and only support regulations in so far that they limit the use of those rights against individuals. Anarcho-capitalists (who are not on the left) want to abolish everything BUT this enforcement.