Anti-Neocons

OH I'm definitely not saying that's all of them, don't get me wrong. I understand they come in as many different stripes as any other political philosophy. I'm just saying The Daily Show has a good point on the tendency of over zealous Libertarians who put far too much emphasis on principle.

But yeah, Daily Show when they are trying to make a serious political point are quite Liberal. Just straight up, too. Like totally typical Democrat (not too moderate, not too leftist). But that's okay. As far as journalism goes and them holding people accountable for things they do, they are better than pretty much the rest of cable. I watch it religiously and not really because I want to get the day's news either. It's not about the news. It's about the mockery, the ridicule, and witty points they make concerning power. Sure, they're there for laughs, but even the court jesters have truth behind their jokes about the king, ya know? I'd rather listen to the jestures than the trumpets of war.

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Render unto Cesar that which he has rendered unto you - hardship, imprisonment, torture, and eventual death. Fuck Cesar. Let him be hanged.

i was browsing through the website in the part about "Why Race?".... i just want to know how anybody can take those people seriously when they use the word "chink" in their platform... HA

"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Chink Chink (chi^ngk), n. OE. chine, AS. cimacne
fissure, chink, fr. cimacnan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan
to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than
breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.
1913 Webster

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"When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him." ~ Jonathan Swift

apparently i was pretty tired when i read it and misunderstood. duhhhhhh

I'm definitely not a Libertarian. I think unregulated capitalism is a disaster and I honestly think the Libertarians in general are going to be a problem in the future. If the American general public ever realizes the current two-party hegemony is a bad thing and starts looking for new ideas the Greens and Libertarians will be first to bat. As somebody who prefers the Greens, I think we should watch out for the Libertarians now.

http://world.std.com/~mhuben/libindex.html



"That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves" --Kim Stanley Robinson

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planet over property
community over competition
well-being over wealth
cooperation over control

I think unregulated capitalism is a disaster

What an interesting statement. I wonder if I'll ever get the chance to see it. Did you see it in a movie or something? Read it in a book?

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Render unto Cesar that which he has rendered unto you - hardship, imprisonment, torture, and eventual death. Fuck Cesar. Let him be hanged.

Entirely unregulated? No, never seen it. Just extrapolating from the varies degrees of regulation I have seen. That said, I don't think we'll ever see capitalism in the form Libertarians believe in because, given free reign, individuals or groups who amass enough of the community's wealth will use it to ensure that they continue to do so--even at the cost of those liberties the Libertarians treasure. A corporation, for example, will do whatever it can (and given the ubiquity of corporate money in politics, that's a lot) to maximize returns to its shareholders, including--if neccesary--strengthening the ability of its parent State to control its consumers in such a way as to increase their consumption.

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planet over property
community over competition
well-being over wealth
cooperation over control

I completely agree with neoclassical economic theory. free, unregulated, untampered markets would be most efficient and overall the best way to run an economy, provided that PERFECT COMPETITION is achieved and upheld. THIS is where the problem lies with economic libertarianism.... perfect competition is unacheivable. if it were possible to acheive perfect competition in all markets and industries, that is, infinite (or at least a shitload) buyers and sellers, barrier free movement into and out of different industries, and unbranded and homogeneous products, AND if it were possible for anybody in society to quickly obtain perfect information about prices and qualities of products, ONLY THEN would unregulated laissez-faire capitalism prove worthy.

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-Scott