Calvin Coolidge Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 !@#$ the 2 party system! Down with the man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hequ Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Because memes further all political causes and are totally not jokes built on conformation bias 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozalia Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Posts gun related meme when both the Libertarians running are gun haters. Lol. Not much point saying much more. The "freedom for everything" sounds nice but in execution just means even if they somehow won who'd be very pleased would be the corporations, the rich, criminals, and so on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 "[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -Benjamin Franklin “Public virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private Virtue, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics.†-John Adams “To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical [imaginary] idea.†-James Madison “No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and … their minds are to be informed by education what is right and what wrong; to be encouraged in habits of virtue and to be deterred from those of vice … These are the inculcations necessary to render the people a sure basis for the structure and order of government.†-Thomas Jefferson Liberty does not exist without a virtuous society in which the people are held to the highest of standards in both culture and conduct. Anarchy is no solution and will only lead to a decline in morality and virtue; allowing man to descend into a state of nihilism in which he cannot escape. We must encourage community, yet independence. Freedom, yet virtue. The government need not intervene in encouraging these values, but they must be imposed by the community if not the government. This is why I cannot accept libertarianism because it has no regard for consequences or culture. It only sees its goals as far as egoism and hedonistic pleasure-seeking. Duty and responsibility both become alien concepts which are both central to any healthy civilization. Quote "Your cattle will die, your friends will die, you will die. But your reputation, if it is good, will never die." -excerpt from the Havamal "We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to hold on to the lost position, without hope, without rescue, like that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who, during the eruption of Vesuvius, died at his post because they forgot to relieve him. That is greatness. That is what it means to be a thoroughbred. The honorable end is the one thing that can not be taken from a man." -Oswald Spengler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speaker Faris Wheeler Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 What's a Liberatarian? Quote Peace will never be accomplished without war, but war cannot happen without peace.... or something like that idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalmor Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 What's a leppo? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchy Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Alt-right would be libertarian right-wing on this scale. Funny how people can't make the distinction between right and left vs authoritarian and libertarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Coolidge Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 "[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -Benjamin Franklin “Public virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private Virtue, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics.†-John Adams “To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical [imaginary] idea.†-James Madison “No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and … their minds are to be informed by education what is right and what wrong; to be encouraged in habits of virtue and to be deterred from those of vice … These are the inculcations necessary to render the people a sure basis for the structure and order of government.†-Thomas Jefferson Liberty does not exist without a virtuous society in which the people are held to the highest of standards in both culture and conduct. Anarchy is no solution and will only lead to a decline in morality and virtue; allowing man to descend into a state of nihilism in which he cannot escape. We must encourage community, yet independence. Freedom, yet virtue. The government need not intervene in encouraging these values, but they must be imposed by the community if not the government. This is why I cannot accept libertarianism because it has no regard for consequences or culture. It only sees its goals as far as egoism and hedonistic pleasure-seeking. Duty and responsibility both become alien concepts which are both central to any healthy civilization. Don't confuse anarchy and liberation , totally different things. There's a difference between no government and limited government. Libertarian is a broad term, so there are anarchist libertarians, however I am not one of them. I'm more of a Ron Paul disciple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trump Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 If you're a libertarian, vote Trump. Only good candidate for your cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Coolidge Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 If you're a libertarian, vote Trump. Only good candidate for your cause.Only on some issues. But Gary Johnson is better. I would prefer Trump over Clinton, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) Gary Johnson four years ago was okay, not the best. This time around he became an embarrassment to the LP when the LP had an incredible opportunity to seriously establish itself. The LP elected him and he instantly became an idiot. He was not even able to talk about simple points of the LP platform in one-on-one interviews. To all the Libertarian haters, the LP platform is not as drastic or as hard-nosed on its ideology as the internet makes it out to be. Everything is gradual and takes a process, adaptable and gradual. If things work, libertarianism continues. If they fail, libertarianism adapts. Its not an "all of a sudden we kick out every Federal committee and department because big gubmint is big!" but a gradual oversight to see what is really necessary and clean house on what is ridiculous. The only problem with the LP is it is full of ideologues and to be honest, Libertarians(and Libertarian Republicans who have taken over). The LP originally was a split from the Democratic Party and very Left-minded. Edited November 4, 2016 by The King in Yellow 1 Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalmor Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Gary Johnson four years ago was okay, not the best. This time around he became an embarrassment to the LP when the LP had an incredible opportunity to seriously establish itself. The LP elected him and he instantly became an idiot. He was not even able to talk about simple points of the LP platform in one-on-one interviews. I would've liked to see Austin Peterson be the LP nominee over Johnson. The weird part is that Johnson seemed pretty competent. But, like you said, once he was nominated he just turned into a babbling moron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISD0MTREE Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 What's a leppo? Isn't that what Harriet Tubman used to liberate Beijing from the French? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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