Welcome to DU, ensemble! (Reply #39) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Why I fled libertarianism — and became a liberal [View all]

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 06:14 PM

calimary (76,041 posts)

39. Welcome to DU, ensemble!

Good to have you with us! I think all of us liberals are liberals because of what you describe - belief in government that has a place in society (and actually can be a force for good), and free market solutions aren't always the best or most worthy of trust. Government isn't in it strictly and exclusively to make a profit. The free market is. And there's a lot to life in this society in this day and age that SHOULD NOT be relegated to the "it's gotta make a profit" column. It maybe okay for the Ferengi, but that's not who we are.

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why I fled libertarianism — and became a liberal [View all]	DonViejo	Dec 2013	OP
nuts and manipulated	mdbl	Dec 2013	#1
Exactly correct...manipulated.	zeemike	Dec 2013	#9
Clean up the quotes in that next to last paragraph.	Lasher	Dec 2013	#2
A very good description of the libertarians I have known personally. nt	Nay	Dec 2013	#3
Yes, they want less government but bitch if there's a pothole in their street.	groundloop	Dec 2013	#4
whenever I encounter a libertarian running for public office, I point out the hypocricy. somehow,	niyad	Dec 2013	#14
Ask any libertarian	skepticscott	Dec 2013	#16
not to take away from a great article but	santroy79	Dec 2013	#5
Remember that "a stopped clock is correct twice a day." I also have reservations	Nay	Dec 2013	#6
A succinct quote from the linked article:	Lasher	Dec 2013	#10
yes...	ensemble	Dec 2013	#8
Welcome to DU, ensemble!	calimary	Dec 2013	#39
Welcome to DU, santroy79.	calimary	Dec 2013	#40
Oh, I love this quote:	tanyev	Dec 2013	#7
"Their saving grace is a complete lack of organizational ability"	progressoid	Dec 2013	#28
we have that problem too	DonCoquixote	Dec 2013	#32
Delightful!	another_liberal	Dec 2013	#11
Libertarians are visionary . . . and blind.	freedom fighter jh	Dec 2013	#12
The libertarian answer to that is	skepticscott	Dec 2013	#18
Like the people on the train in Atlas Shrugged	treestar	Jan 2014	#41
Libertarians had a lot more votes then Republicans want to admit.	mitty14u2	Dec 2013	#13
Welcome to DU, mitty12u2!	calimary	Dec 2013	#38
I lost my label maker a long time ago.	MyNameGoesHere	Dec 2013	#15
Good point. You need not go any further than here, with a different opinion on something,	7962	Dec 2013	#17
kick	valerief	Dec 2013	#19
Those aren't libertarians; those are right wing looneys.	Bernardo de La Paz	Dec 2013	#20
That may be so, but are there any "good" libertarians left?	starroute	Dec 2013	#23
Yes, but it's a good question you ask as to where they are.	Bernardo de La Paz	Dec 2013	#30
That one person sounds more like an anarcho-syndicalist	starroute	Dec 2013	#31
More like "down with the federal government"	truebluegreen	Dec 2013	#25
Good article! The first time I listened to Ron Paul speak against our foreign aggression	mountain grammy	Dec 2013	#21
Thanks so much, DV for bringing this here. These 4 paragraphs say it all:	freshwest	Dec 2013	#22
Libertarians are utopians.	Octoberfurst	Dec 2013	#24
Well said.	truebluegreen	Dec 2013	#26
Welcome to DU, Octoberfurst!	calimary	Dec 2013	#37
I went to one meeting. felt no genuine human warmth.	heaven05	Dec 2013	#27
I see libertarianism as political puberty	RainDog	Dec 2013	#29
Political puberty!!!	calimary	Dec 2013	#36
The 2 biggest threats to libertarianism: progressivism and persistence.	Jamaal510	Dec 2013	#33
+1	freshwest	Dec 2013	#34
LOVE this!!!	calimary	Dec 2013	#35

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