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    boring, stopped reading.

  4. #3
    Based on the headline of that article I'm not going to take it seriously.
    "Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration is minding my own business."

    Calvin Coolidge

  5. #4
    My first thought is TL;DR.

    Secondly, pretty much any position Biden takes is anti-liberty, save for some rhetoric on decriminalization of drug use.

    Thirdly, I think the only way a Biden Presidency is good for liberty is the the fact it'll inflame the ire of so many, resulting in a backlash against socialism and authoritarianism.

    If my masochistic tendencies take hold later, I'll give the article a read.

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    Thoughts?
    The article permanently cements why one should not vote.

    Giving consent to either is immoral, anti-liberty, and fiscally irresponsible.

    For those who feel patriotic or a duty to vote, or that lessers of evil is a better solution, whatever side you choose on election day, the banksters and lobbyists will thank you for your service.
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  7. #6
    Blarg blarg blarg leftarian nonsense, blarg.

    Point one: Trump is a cruel bigot and racist for shutting down immigration.

    Bull$#@!...he hasn't done nearly enough to shut down immigration, both legal and illegal.

    And then the article sort of falls off into just Orange Man Bad repetitions of Marxist media organ talking points on spending and trade.

    The he makes the case for Trump in the second part of the article without realizing it.

    He also makes no mention whatsoever of two core amendments to the bill of rights that would be effectively killed in a Biden admin: The first and second.

    Garbage article from a garbage rag.

    Avoid.
    Another mark of a tyrant is that he likes foreigners better than citizens, and lives with them and invites them to his table; for the one are enemies, but the Others enter into no rivalry with him. - Aristotle's Politics Book 5 Part 11

  8. #7
    Saw the author's name didn't read.

    Here is all I have to say about Ilya Somin

    With Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels choosing not to run, there are now two libertarian-leaning presidential candidates in the GOP field for 2012: Ron Paul and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. Which is a better standard-bearer for libertarianism? I think it’s Johnson by a wide margin. He’s both more libertarian than Paul on the issues and likely to be a more effective candidate.
    http://volokh.com/2011/05/22/gary-johnson-vs-ron-paul/

    He's an instant ignore for me.

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    With Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels choosing not to run, there are now two libertarian-leaning presidential candidates in the GOP field for 2012: Ron Paul and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. Which is a better standard-bearer for libertarianism? I think it’s Johnson by a wide margin. He’s both more libertarian than Paul on the issues and likely to be a more effective candidate.
    $#@!...wish I had known that before even giving the $#@! the click.

    OP break the link to that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krugminator2 View Post
    He’s both more libertarian than Paul on the issues and likely to be a more effective candidate.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PAF View Post
    The article permanently cements why one should not vote.

    Giving consent to either is immoral, anti-liberty, and fiscally irresponsible.

    For those who feel patriotic or a duty to vote, or that lessers of evil is a better solution, whatever side you choose on election day, the banksters and lobbyists will thank you for your service.
    While I disagree for reasons stated elsewhere, I 100% respect your point of view on this.

  13. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by PAF View Post
    The article permanently cements why one should not vote.

    Giving consent to either is immoral, anti-liberty, and fiscally irresponsible.

    For those who feel patriotic or a duty to vote, or that lessers of evil is a better solution, whatever side you choose on election day, the banksters and lobbyists will thank you for your service.
    Pretty much my POV.

    What If They Gave a War Election and Nobody Came...
    There is no spoon.

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    Okay, I gave the article a chance.

    The author may have a point with trade and immigration, though the immigration system is a convoluted mess either way, and Biden might actually just continue somewhat modified versions of Trump's tariff policies, as the author mentioned.

    Most importantly not mentioned in the article (save for a couple words in the judicial appointments category) were, as AF said above, gun rights and free speech.
    Biden will be unquestionably authoritarian on both. He will be a captive servant of "wokeism" and 1st Amendment rights will continue to erode. He would also rain down draconian gun-control edicts as far as he's permitted.

    This author seems to disregard Biden's call for a national mask mandate and a massively centralized response to COVID, and spends only a brief and dismissive paragraph with that.

    Also, gems like this:

    "...That should matter for libertarians (and liberals of any stripe) because we want liberal ideals to advance around the world, not just in one country. And it is important that brutal authoritarian regimes stop gaining influence at the expense of more liberal ones."

    "Liberal" is a nebulous adjective, and certainly not the opposite of "authoritarian". That's why we use "libertarian". There is not doubt that any government can be described as both "liberal" and "authoritarian", though not necessarily.

    Also: "Trump's deregulatory accomplishments pale in comparison to the harm he has done in other areas, such as immigration and trade. Even if Biden undoes all of the former, and adds significant further regulatory burdens, it will still be outweighed by his plans to undo Trump's immigration and trade policies."

    No mention of Biden's version of the "Green New Deal", and those "significant further regulatory burdens" will cause incalculable economic damage. I think it will bring the whole s**thouse burning to the ground, but then, that's probably inevitable anyway.

    "If you're a libertarian like me, elections in the US two-party system often come down to choosing the lesser of two evils."
    No.
    Also no mention of Jo Jorgensen, who is immeasurably better on so many issues than either of these bozos.

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    No mention of the real possibility of a Harris presidency.

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    He's just mad he got his clock cleaned taking that position at the SOHO forum debate.

    October 2, 2020
    Update: Libertarians should vote for [Biden? Jorgenson? Trump?] in the next presidential election.

    Ilya Somin, Law Professor at George Mason University vs. Angela McArdle, Chair of the Libertarian Party Los Angeles vs. Francis Menton, author of the Manhattan Contrarian blog.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post

    What If They Gave a War Election and Nobody Came...
    I guess Nancy would be president ewwww



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  20. #17
    Biden a lesser who wants to end Oil and Gas and wont stop endless wars or Drone attacks? his not a libertarian.

  21. #18
    Standard propaganda from the globalist, beltway “libertarian” industry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by axiomata View Post
    He's just mad he got his clock cleaned taking that position at the SOHO forum debate.

    October 2, 2020
    Update: Libertarians should vote for [Biden? Jorgenson? Trump?] in the next presidential election.

    Ilya Somin, Law Professor at George Mason University vs. Angela McArdle, Chair of the Libertarian Party Los Angeles vs. Francis Menton, author of the Manhattan Contrarian blog.
    I might have to give that a listen.

    But, I think this sort of change would be the case for many people, if they voted according to principle and abandoned the "lesser-of-two-evils" poppycock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by liberty656 View Post
    [URL]Thoughts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Working Poor View Post
    I guess Nancy would be president ewwww
    There is no spoon.

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    I'm not even going to read the article because I stopped paying attention to Reason a long time ago. Reason magazine style libertarians reject leftist policies while buying into the leftist culture. And they think they're so fukking smart too, which pisses me off.

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    I'm just gonna repost this because ultimately it's how I came to my decision:

    Who has complete control over the media?
    Who has complete control over colleges?
    Who runs the vast majority of social media networks?
    Who incites the mobs to burn, loot, assault, or even kill with impunity?
    Who glorifies the criminal while prosecuting the innocent?
    Who has the support of 'woke street'/Wall Street?
    Who utilizes the FBI/CIA against political dissidents?
    Who promotes censorship?
    And when Trump starts 'suiciding' or 'botched-mugging' someone because they hold risky and incriminating information against him, let me know.

    The evil party is a greater threat than the stupid party, and I think I've seen enough to tell which one is which, at least these days.
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    This is getting silly.
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    It started silly.
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    TReason magazine is a front for communist globalists.
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  29. #25
    Quote Originally Posted by PAF View Post
    The article permanently cements why one should not vote.

    Giving consent to either is immoral, anti-liberty, and fiscally irresponsible.

    For those who feel patriotic or a duty to vote, or that lessers of evil is a better solution, whatever side you choose on election day, the banksters and lobbyists will thank you for your service.
    Thanks for adding reputation to this user. May you be lucky enough to receive the same Reputation back in turn.

    We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    TReason magazine is a front for communist globalists.
    You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Swordsmyth again.

    We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!

  31. #27
    Quote Originally Posted by ResponsibleIdiot View Post
    I'm not even going to read the article because I stopped paying attention to Reason a long time ago. Reason magazine style libertarians reject leftist policies while buying into the leftist culture. And they think they're so fukking smart too, which pisses me off.
    Agree with you.

  32. #28
    @ResponsibleIdot-

    Just want to let you know that I have had a few good ships come in as a result of hard work and determination that I was going to get back up each time I fell. I have had a few bad years that much is true. I never gave up on myself and even in some very hard times I kept my treasure stored in heaven which allowed me to walk up on some incredible good fortune here on earth.

    I wish you great fortune.

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    The costs to human liberty here are enormous. Trump's expanded immigration restrictions forcibly consign hundreds of thousands of people to lives of poverty and oppression, simply because they made the mistake of being born to the wrong parents or in the wrong place.
    I stopped reading upon the above tripe. Please GFR!
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  34. #30
    Quote Originally Posted by liberty656 View Post
    I think you're a sock and another Biden voter.
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    ...I believe that when the government is capable of doing a thing, it will.
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    which one of yall fuckers wrote the "ron paul" racist news letters
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