It takes liberal ...( 4 months ago by Freethought42)
It takes liberal spending and taxation to achieve.
neocons are just ...( 4 months ago by Tackleqb)
neocons are just nazis in disguise
Sure, its not free ...( 4 months ago by RezaDemocrat)
Sure, its not free do spread freedom it cost money but then again. We can save a lot of money if we kick out those mexicans that flooding our country. They live on our welfare and committ crimes.
yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!( 4 months ago by NEOCONIDIOTS)
yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good stuff!( 4 months ago by wulfgang66)
Good stuff!
The influx of ...( 4 months ago by BWF89)
The influx of paleo-conservatives into the libertarian movement is somewhat troubling. Not because I dislike people who once held certain views and changed their minds. But because a lot of them are keeping their old views while at the same time calling themselves libertarians. Their watering down what libertarianism is supposed to mean. Conservatism =/= libertarianism
The socialists were ...( 4 months ago by Nicksuno)
The socialists were caught up in what was a true socialist for years. It's just plain silly to shun paleoconservatives. They might not be Rothbardians (though I am almost) but they are fellow travelers. One should be able to do whatever one wants without infringing on the rights of others. That is libertarianism. Lot-o paleos believe this even if the style is a little off.
I'm not shunning ...( 4 months ago by BWF89)
I'm not shunning them. I'm just saying that libertarianism shouldn't water it's self down so the paleo-cons can jump on board. True libertarianism is not and should not be a "big tent" movement. They might agree with us on some issues like ending the interventionist foreign policy and getting rid of welfare. But they disagree with us on issues like free trade and drug legalization.
Thats where I would ...( 4 months ago by Nicksuno)
Thats where I would disagree deeply mi amigo. There are many conservatives who hate the drug war. There was a time when conservatism, pre Eisenhower, when conservative and libertaian were one and the same. Don't let the statists set the playing field. There is nothing "conservative" about the expansion of federal agencies like the DEA. People forget. Good old fashioned down home conservatives (in another era) would have vomited at the prospect of a federal drug regulatory agency!
string em' up.( 4 months ago by chewbaca1989)
string em' up.
RezaDemocrat: The ...( 4 months ago by cjet79)
RezaDemocrat: The cost of our foreign policy is measured in the TRILLIONS. The cost of supporting mexicans on our welfare programs is measured at most in the tens of billions. The cost of enforcement would mean that we wouldn't even save that much money. The best fiscal option would be to eliminate the costly foreign policy spending AND the welfare programs.
Well. We should ...( 4 months ago by RezaDemocrat)
Well. We should terminate the welfare programs to. But still we should fight for freedom over seas! America need it and they need it.
Fight for Freedom ...( 4 months ago by Freethought42)
Fight for Freedom overseas? What, you mean how we support un-elected dictators like Musharraf? If you still think these wars we are fighting are to spread "freedom" you are lost. Americans can only be free when we stop letting the Federal Govt. write the policies.
I think most ...( 4 months ago by shanklinmike)
I think most paleo-conservatives want to end the drug war and want REAL free trade, not NAFTA or CAFTA government managed trade! Paleos are VERY libertarian. The question is, how much can a party pulling 1% really do for a nation? The libertarian party needs to not only funnel these extra votes in but they need to continue educating people on the liberty message. Why not cutdown the anarchists that are in the libertarian party? They don't even believe in property rights.... Peace!
Good vid! I agree ...( 4 months ago by shanklinmike)
Good vid! I agree that the neoconservatives are even worse than liberals! Not only are they for war they are also the big government leftists. Even Bush spent more money than any democrat ever(not even including military expenses). Democracy is killing our liberty minded constitutional democratic-republic and my channel clearly explains how. Peace!
If the paleo-cons ...( 4 months ago by BWF89)
If the paleo-cons are against the drug war you sure don't hear them talking about it as much as libertarians do. I think it's more their against the drug war on a federal level but not so much if was waged on a state by state level. What do you mean the free market anarchists in the Libertarian Party don't believe in property rights? Their the only ones that take the non-aggression principal seriously.
I am not talking ...( 4 months ago by shanklinmike)
I am not talking about free market anarchists, I am talking about the true anarchists that do not believe the people should even have property rights at all. These people are few and far between and number as many paleo-conservatives for the war on drugs. My point is, MANY paleos I meet are against the war on drugs.....as many as anarchists are against property rights(which are actually very few). Ya know, its this reason the libertarian principles are hard to advance,we always fight each other.
In the post I ...( 4 months ago by BWF89)
In the post I replied to you said "Why not cutdown the anarchists that are in the libertarian party?" Based on that I could only assume you were talking about market anarchists. Since market anarchists or possibly mutualists are the only kind of anarchists who would ever join the Libertarian Party or subscribe to libertarian ideals in general. Social anarchists (many of whom are really just state-socialists) would never join the Libertarian Party.
Exactly, just like ...( 4 months ago by shanklinmike)
Exactly, just like pro drug war conservatives(neoconservatives) will hardly ever join the libertarian party either.... Peace!
thanks for the ...( 4 months ago by notreallyapua)
thanks for the video. it helped me understand the distinction between conservative and neoconservative. its fascinating how a word can be hijacked by radically different ideals and come to mean something unrecognizably different
Neoconservatives ...( 3 months ago by ffairlane57)
Neoconservatives make William F. Buckley look like Abbie Hoffman.
"its fascinating ...( 2 months ago by JohananRaatz)
"its fascinating how a word can be hijacked by radically different ideals" It is true that many of the movements earlier leaders have ties to the Troskyites however on it's way over to the right the ideology mutated so much that you could hardly be justified in saying it was "communist" in anyway. I've heard some accuse it of right-wing authoritarianism however you can have that and still be conservative -just a very weird kind of conservative.
Remember not all of ...( 2 months ago by JohananRaatz)
Remember not all of the founding fathers were of the same mind. Alexander Hamilton would have loved them were he alive today.
That is a valid ...( 3 weeks ago by Nicksuno)
That is a valid response. However the Constitution of the US is incredibely radical and empowering document. The fact that it holds that all men are created equal-and thus undermines the 3/5ths clause from the beginning-is a testement to it's deeply challenging tone. The Consitution empowered the individual in contrast to almost all political documents before it. Liberty is forward looking. Polical correctness and stateism is just another form of thousands of years of tyrany.
Conservatism =/= libertarianism
One should be able to do whatever one wants without infringing on the rights of others. That is libertarianism. Lot-o paleos believe this even if the style is a little off.
There was a time when conservatism, pre Eisenhower, when conservative and libertaian were one and the same.
Don't let the statists set the playing field. There is nothing "conservative" about the expansion of federal agencies like the DEA.
People forget. Good old fashioned down home conservatives (in another era) would have vomited at the prospect of a federal drug regulatory agency!
The best fiscal option would be to eliminate the costly foreign policy spending AND the welfare programs.
If you still think these wars we are fighting are to spread "freedom" you are lost.
Americans can only be free when we stop letting the Federal Govt. write the policies.
What do you mean the free market anarchists in the Libertarian Party don't believe in property rights? Their the only ones that take the non-aggression principal seriously.
Based on that I could only assume you were talking about market anarchists. Since market anarchists or possibly mutualists are the only kind of anarchists who would ever join the Libertarian Party or subscribe to libertarian ideals in general. Social anarchists (many of whom are really just state-socialists) would never join the Libertarian Party.
its fascinating how a word can be hijacked by radically different ideals and come to mean something unrecognizably different
It is true that many of the movements earlier leaders have ties to the Troskyites however on it's way over to the right the ideology mutated so much that you could hardly be justified in saying it was "communist" in anyway. I've heard some accuse it of right-wing authoritarianism however you can have that and still be conservative -just a very weird kind of conservative.