tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post4970910202638897268..comments2023-10-05T04:00:24.958-05:00Comments on The Browncoat Libertarian: So Who Should Govern Us , SkyNet?Browncoat Libertarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17382947284829092569noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-42315916384441454572010-02-28T12:15:50.271-06:002010-02-28T12:15:50.271-06:00@Bonedaddy - Ok, loolks like the profile section w...@Bonedaddy - Ok, loolks like the profile section wasn't the place to change my email address. It's been corrected, feel free to try again.Browncoat Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382947284829092569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-28004511591688622412010-02-28T12:14:05.195-06:002010-02-28T12:14:05.195-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Browncoat Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382947284829092569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-52650047255002037322010-02-28T09:45:38.221-06:002010-02-28T09:45:38.221-06:00@Bonedaddy - Thanks, and hmm, dunno, it's set ...@Bonedaddy - Thanks, and hmm, dunno, it's set correctly in my profile.Browncoat Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382947284829092569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-26194662790644670132010-02-27T14:47:09.794-06:002010-02-27T14:47:09.794-06:00Spot on.
By the way, your email addy is bouncing....Spot on. <br />By the way, your email addy is bouncing. I tired to get ahold of you.Thomas Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479970627005625326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-69080933833818662292010-02-23T18:33:56.112-06:002010-02-23T18:33:56.112-06:00Well, I've had many a conversation with Che Gu...Well, I've had many a conversation with Che Guevara tshirt wearing, self-proclaimed "progressives" who have such utter disdain for capitalism and the free market that they might as well be advocating communism.<br /><br />Their "solutions" to our country's ills always involve government intervention, government takeover of private interests, more laws, more regulations, more Nanny State.<br /><br />Are they, and the politicians they elect going to come right out and use the word "communism" or "socialism"? Of course not, that would never sell. Instead, they hijack words like progressive and smear words like capitalism.<br /><br />This is why I use scorn quotes when referencing the word "progressive". The word has become Orwellian double-speak for "progress" via government intervention which at some point inevitably becomes socialism, which inevitably becomes communism.<br /><br />That's the "beauty" of the socialist/communist takeover of the US, they've managed to convince us that we're making "progress" while we erode personal liberty in favor of liberty-snuffing collectivist thought.<br /><br />Khrushchev said something to the effect of "We'll take you without firing a shot." -- and they are, slowly but surely, one regulation, one government intervention, one nanny state law at a time.Browncoat Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382947284829092569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-59277227692968407592010-02-22T18:06:42.900-06:002010-02-22T18:06:42.900-06:00i'm curious as to what the libertarian definit...i'm curious as to what the libertarian definition of "progressive" is. when i think of progressive i think of progress, not communism. i don't know anyone whom most would characterize as a leftist/progressive/liberal who would actually welcome communism as a system of government. <br /><br />like you said, it failed miserably everywhere (china is not communist per se so can't use them), so why would anyone ever want to implement it?Zelig Skykillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639237357310930739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-8214674242569635982010-02-21T23:14:38.894-06:002010-02-21T23:14:38.894-06:00Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on the &quo...Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on the "no government" part. IMHO, that anarchist screed is as naive as the "all government" screed of communism. <br /><br />A society of Utopian volunteerism would still requires some semblance of law enforcement and managerial structure. Like it or not, it's called government.<br /><br />The key is to minimize government as much as possible, ESPECIALLY at the very high levels that tend to promote mass collectivism and mass corruption. <br /><br />The US founders had the right idea with the Constitution, but they allowed that fucking monarchist Alexander Hamilton to sneak in vague, ambiguous language that corrupt, collectivist scum would later use to erode States rights, transfer every possible fucking power to the National level and ultimately, result in the worthless, lip-service document we have today.Browncoat Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382947284829092569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4194867958640852835.post-50797643814572301772010-02-21T19:32:01.266-06:002010-02-21T19:32:01.266-06:00I agree that the Soviet Union was a failure of sta...I agree that the Soviet Union was a failure of state socialism. And the United States is an example of the failure of state capitalism.<br /><br />Your question about progressives being immune from greed is a good one. Of course, no one is. We as libertarians should recognize that is why we cannot have a government, because the control freaks gravitate toward that power.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082978579330358187noreply@blogger.com