I often get the sense that "libertarians" are fighting a strenuous battle against things that are not happening, while being blissfully unaware of what is.
The "problem" I have w so called 'libertarians' (not sure if you took on that classification?) is it seems to base its outlook, not on first principles, but on the derived consequence of them, &
I am not making this point well. Not good for a tw/post.
Point: You can talk about liberty all you want..but if you
And then there is the institution of the police/justice depts.
Same point, just a diff facet of society.
The struggle is always between power & principle.
So sure. Institutions that are overtaken by malvolent
Or, will it be subsumed into the service of the
Take any agency as an example. None have been spared
And I can easily agree with the notions that our institutions
But such review needs to be done by someone who cares for the purpose of the institutions, who has the good of the country as the driving principle for the
As such everything, everything he does, even those things that are "good", are bad. Or will turn out to be.
And again, examples multiply themselves.
To the degree that Tr is competent, and thankfully he is profoundly childish & incompetent, he wants to amass power to himself. He would be a tyrant if he could.
With Tr we are being given an opportunity to see who we are, and how disabled we
In the hands of someone less egotistical and narcissistic (and here historical lessons begin to bear on the convo) who had a purpose greater than himself - which Trump does not -
From this POV, it is a wake up call. The question before us as citizens, & institutions, is whether we
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I am aware that this discussion has far more tendrills and complexities that surfaced here. Maybe a beginning....