ErikHeaven wrote:Libertarian means less government not no government. A strict constitutional government. Aka leave the people alone. Marijuana has never killed anybody. No gun control. No IRS stealing from the people. Simple
Hate speech combined with guns/explosives is a bad combination, recent history bears that out. I agree this is police action and should investigated and monitored.
I didn't have a problem with that ex-Marine being outspoken about Obama, that's is overreach by the Government.
Marijuana was used to demonize Mexican immigrants, that is another tool of White Supremacy to demonize "Others". Hemp was grown by several of our founding fathers because they were FARMERS! There is nothing wrong with Hemp its a weed that can be used for several things not just smoking it, I am not Libertarian and see that is wrong.
It keeps the Prison Industrial Complex in place... I say do what Portugal did LEGALIZE IT ALL. Have zero tolerance for getting behind the wheel under the influence. But having said that, cars will able to sense if your under the influence and not allow you to start the car OR drive you home automatically.
I agree at times there is Government overreach but the solutions offered by most Libertarians taken on assumptions of what Gen Y really wants, its unknown so that make projections based on current voting patterns.
For example, as to not impact those near retirement age (reliable voting block), they will keep the status quo with SSI and Medicare, but for the rest of us (they are speaking to Gen X or those between 30-47) they will increase the retirement age from 65 to 67-70. For Gen Y, they will give you an option when the time comes, Government provided retirement fund or a more aggressive privately controlled retirement fund.
All you have to do is look at Europe and make a couple of changes. Europe's problem is not having enough young people to go into the job market and fund social benefits.
The term is called "Pay It Forward" its not about YOU its about community. Madison Ave made it about YOU and sells you things accordingly...
Society worked for thousands of years when women wanted to procreate and have meaningful relationships. All we did was add the complexity of equal rights and equal opportunity.
Scale back the Individualism and have the majority of couples be in stable marriages and for those mature enough to handle it long term relationships (co-habitation). You'll solve a majority of societies problems that YOU see as personal responsibility issues. You can trace a straight line from single mother/female headed households to the problems in society.
There doesn't need to be a political dimension added to the debate, becoming something between a Moderate Republican and Rand Libertarian doesn't make you different, if you look at the mantra of the Green Party you would see we agree more than we disagree....
You can forget Reason Magazine, Reason.com and all that other Nick Gillespie trash. Dump Lew Rockwell and that bow tie goof ball that appears on RT often.
As I said, most Libertarians vote with the GOP.... #SMH -
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