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Thom Hartmann: You don't know what 'Libertarian' means... (Original Post)
thomhartmann
Sep 2014
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Has anyone read what Thom Hartmann's said about the Russian meddling in Ukraine?
marble falls
Sep 2014
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immoderate
(20,885 posts)1. Sounds like libertarians I know, but they know what they're doing.
They would endorse all the points Thom cited. Their brains are different than ours.
--imm
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)2. I know exactly what libertarian means
It means "contemptable little shit who wants society and teh poor to starve so they don't have to pay taxes".
Rainngirl
(243 posts)7. HAHAHA!!
Where's the "like" button? Good one, Prophet!
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)3. The late Iain Banks defined libertarianism as
"A simple-minded right-wing ideology ideally suited to those unable or unwilling to see past their own sociopathic self-regard." It requires ignorance of history, politics, economics and disdain for anyone other than oneself.
beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)4. Libertarianism makes a lot of sense...
...if you only think it through half way.
marble falls
(57,009 posts)5. Has anyone read what Thom Hartmann's said about the Russian meddling in Ukraine?
valerief
(53,235 posts)6. Excellent review of Koch's 1980 Libertarian platform. Most Libertarians today
think the party is about legal pot and guns galore. They don't think much beyond that.