Ron Paul...You are dangerous...

[cyberswede]

...but not in the way you think.

[la la]

1. dangerous to himself............. n/t

[cyberswede]

3. Yeah...his speech

got pretty dull when he blathered on about the Federal Reserve.

[Bobbie Jo]

4. ....and others. nt

[la la]

2. ohmygawd-

he's going on and on and on and on......lordy!

[ellisonz]

5. Fuck Ron Paul. - Distorter of Liberty.

[husserl49]

6. Danger is only theoretical

I also think Ron Paul is dangerous. Libertarianism is now very much in vogue and filled with cute slogans. The tenets of this ideology however would not prove effective should they ever be placed into service in the “real world”. Since libertarianism is merely a theoretical approach to governance and has never been proven, its acolytes may expostulate ad nauseum without danger of confronting factual consequences. Ron Paul et al will continue to represent a fantasy filled world of perfect freedom , non- interference, perfect markets, and frictionless exchange much in the same way that Toys R Us ™ represents Santa Claus. The proponents, of course, need not worry that libertarianism will ever be fully implemented in a complex society and a complex global economy. So the danger that Ron Paul poses is theoretical only.

[bigwillq]

7. Hello

Welcome to DU!

[FarLeftFist]

8. Good point. Libertarianism is defined in terms of negatives.

Just defang religion, defang society, defang government, just leave me alone! Yet this lameness of social vision is almost the definition of its political pride. It should really be called radical bourgeoisism. This kind of libertarianism, the liberty to increase the biological foundations of human inequality, breaks the balance of liberty and equality that has made liberal democracy viable. This kind of libertarianism breaks the foundations of liberal democracy itself.