What % of the so-called alt-right were just plain ol' libertarians before?

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Tue Nov 22 02:39:24 PST 2016


On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 03:35:00AM +0000, jim bell wrote:
>  From: Razer <rayzer at riseup.net>
>  
>> THIS!"Libertarians see absolutely nothing wrong with the very rich
>> "gaming the system" for personal advantage in every way that having a
>> lot of money to spend makes possible. "

> WRONG! This libertarian, and I suspect most libertarians, object to
> the EXISTENCE of a "game-able" system,

"non game-able system" - there's an excellent term to contemplate on!


> one that employs something
> called a "government", to take "personal advantage" over others.

"a government", in particular USA govt, is an artificial entity, created
by the people at referendum (wait wait!) ...


> The
> existing gameable system was not constructed by libertarians. It was
> constructed, in America, by Republicans and Democrats.

BUT, it was designed by empowered men to appease 'the regular folks" and
to be game-able by those powerful men ('forefathers").


> Libertarians,
> in America, have to operate within the existing system. 

No, they have to start from the existing system, and existing programmed
humans, when considering appropriate future changes and the propaganda
required to get those "existing programmed humans" to that future.
(This is probably what you meant - "to operate" didn't sound right to
me.)


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