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> Republicans have long said any government is bad. Most republicans are not anarcho-libertarians. Asserting that any government is bad is fringe even among l
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> Republicans have long said any government is bad.
Most republicans are not anarcho-libertarians. Asserting that any government is bad is fringe even among libertarians, and most republicans aren't even libertarians.
- hotpotamus 4y ago> “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.'" -Ronald Reagan Perhaps you know that Reagan didn't really mean it, but it seems like many people believed him anyway.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago> Perhaps you know that Reagan didn't really mean it I think you surely know it too, Reagan was all too eager to use government power and his supporters were happy to see him do it.
- hotpotamus 4y agoReagan was sufficiently before my time that I have very limited opinions on what he actually wanted, though I would certainly tend to agree with that. I have no idea what modern Republicans actually want or believe. Obviously their elite class wants power above all, but the rank and file never seem to get much other than grievance.
- inferiorhuman 4y ago"I'm not in favor of abolishing the government. I just want to shrink it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." – Grover Norquist
- hotpotamus 4y agoIt's really strange to me that there was a decade where every Republican had to pledge allegiance to this guy (which ended when he married a Muslim woman).
- selimthegrim 4y agoDoesn’t seem to have hurt Wolfowitz much (well, he didn’t marry but still).