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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 17:57 | |||
Sheesh, you are brainwashed by party politics and that's fine (well it's not but you're pretty hopelessly stuck) but dont assume we are. Many libertarians (TRUE ones) Ive met, including some here, have said Reagan was pretty sh*t.
And he was Republicans (masking as limited gov) love him because he lowered taxes on the rich, that's all they want after all. BUT he actually signed several bills that RAISED taxes (look into it) that ended up wiping out all middle class cuts. He sent our debt through the roof Increased our military use, and we still suffer from it. I HOPED democrats would end our addiction to the war drug but that was a fail. Uh, he didn't eliminate any cabinets, and actually created one. I believe he put more people on Soc Security and far as I know he didn't drastically slash welfare like some knife wielding madman. It was pretty much all talk and hype, which is great since you (and admittedly many) eat that sh*t up but Ive done research, Reagan wasn't libertarian and 99% of all GOPers arent either. As for deregulation, Clinton fully supported it and signed THE de-reg bill of them all, the one that ended Glass-Steagall. Reagan was not a god that got magically placed in power and brainwashed into thinking GAH government is bad! You big gov folk really DO take a grim view of humanity. The ideas were slowly building through the 70s, and Reagan got elected because the ideas were taking hold. Edit: Also yes, quite a textbook version of history. 1946-1980 = paradise in America 1981 = start of the slow apocalypse. The US, like the world, exploded in growth after WWII because that is what happens. How could it not? Especially our place as #1?? Eventually it cooled off, as happened with most countries. I believe the 70s had stagflation, that was a pretty bad time for the US but it was pre reagan so it never happened. Really it's the Fed man. That is what you need to look into and make an opinion on. It has so much more to do with a lot of our issues since the late 80s Edited by JJLehto - July 10 2013 at 18:01 |
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dtguitarfan
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 18:01 | |||
I'm not sure if you're talking to me or not, but I've done my research too, and I'd agree with most of what you just said. I DO think for myself. I've just come to different conclusions - namely, I don't think the answer is the standard Libertarian answer of "government shouldn't do anything at all, period. Because government is evil, plain and simple." That's madness. That flies in the face of the last few thousand years of social science. |
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 18:03 | |||
Well I'm glad to hear you say that but you adhere to party still which Im sorry seems insane.
I mean what is the definition of insanity? Glad you say what you say but I cant take it seriously, and it's not personal. I dont really take a big defender of either side very seriously. The parties are 2 sides of the same corporatist coin, both support the Fed without thought, both support war, irresponsibility, taking our rights. Yes, I am much less ideological than the guys here. I do support a universal government insurance type deal, as well as a (better run) welfare state, and a role for government. I still dont view government as an inherent evil, because it CAN be done right....I just accepted the nordic dream is just that, and we in the US need less government. It as an entity does bad things to those who enter, and our culture is one FULL of government corruption. But we need more? It's literal insanity, doing more of the same and expecting new results. It goes against human nature, and IMO its naive to think it can be "fixed" Edited by JJLehto - July 10 2013 at 18:06 |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 18:25 | |||
Right- which doesn't work because it ultimately results in higher costs of living. |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 18:55 | |||
Government is people. People can be evil. So it does not do to empower them with the ability take away people's property and use it for their purposes. A government is a corporation. If you don't like corporations deciding things, you shouldn't like government doing it either. And I will gladly fly in the face of the last few thousand years of social science- whatever that is. The history of our planet has sucked because of people exerting power over others. Do you agree? Or do you like it that way? It isn't because of Libertarians, let me tell you that. And let me ask you this: What is the "last few thousand years of social science?" You fancy yourself a fellow of science. Where is the data for this? |
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:02 | |||
There are quite valid critiques to be made to libertarianism Geoff, but when you ignore that and instead focus on attacking Republicans and defending democrats you are not really criticizing anything but making it all 100% political. |
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Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:04 | |||
Social science hasn't been around for 250 years let alone a few thousand.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:09 | |||
Even tough I have a degree in psychology, I still don't fully accept that social sciences are real science.
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dtguitarfan
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:36 | |||
That's exactly what your feudal lords want you to think. Keep touting the party line, sheeple.... |
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:38 | |||
^Come on Geoff, when you make posts like that you remind me of another member whose last resort was always insults...
... Instead of explaining why Rob is wrong according to you. |
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dtguitarfan
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:39 | |||
Here's the problem with your logic - you need to take a good look at history and see how things were before the anti-government culture started by Reagan. Reagan fed on people's racist fears in the south after Carter took away the tax exemption for de-facto segregated "Christian" schools, and convinced everyone that government was evil. And ever since, the Republican party has been breaking the government and then pointing at it and saying "see how broken it is?!!! You should re-elect me so I can fix things by making less of these awful government regulations for you!" |
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dtguitarfan
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:41 | |||
I've been called "sheeple" many times by libertarians. I'm sick and tired of it. I'm completely unapologetic - I do not have the time to put together well though out arguments for people who are going to deny every single fact I give - it takes so much work to prove to some of these people that facts are facts that you just have to eventually give up on their insanity and move on. |
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Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:54 | |||
Shut up sheeple
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 20:46 | |||
Never by me. Never called you sheeple. Never called you a jerk. Never called you an idiot. Never called you one lacking empathy. Edited by Epignosis - July 10 2013 at 20:47 |
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dtguitarfan
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 21:17 | |||
I don't need to defend myself to one who believes there should be little to no government and yet works for a public school. If you truly believe what you say, leave your job. |
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Padraic
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 21:21 | |||
So move on. Or just stick to arguments and leave the ad homs behind. Otherwise, this seems like an awful waste of your time. But it is your time, so obviously carry on as you see fit. |
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thellama73
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8368 |
Posted: July 10 2013 at 21:41 | |||
I'm not sure how many ties we have to say it, but we are not members of the Republican party. We are not defenders of the Republican party. Attacking the Republican party has zero relevance when talking to libertarians. |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: July 11 2013 at 06:48 | |||
Why? My tax dollars help fund that school. |
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Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
Posted: July 11 2013 at 07:09 | |||
This argument makes no sense. Rob (and I) believes that public school shouldn't exist, not that people should not work at public schools. It doesn't contradict beliefs. For libertarianism to succeed I believe we need an educated populous so having the most proficient educators brings about the elimination of the public school system. It'd be different if one took a job as an IRS officer or NSA cryptanalyst where you're perpetuating the crime. |
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dtguitarfan
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708 |
Posted: July 11 2013 at 09:01 | |||
The point is that the conservative libertarian system of belief is based on the same principle that the Republicans are preaching (though they may not always practice it) - government is bad, and there should be very little to none of it. That's my point. My point is that you can't point to our current government and its broken state as a proof of your ideals, because the very reason it is broken in the first place is that people like you who think that government in and of itself is bad are the very ones who broke it in the first place. |
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