Libertarians can talk all they like about their socially liberal views. The Republican Party always sucks them in by bandying around buzzwords like "big government". After the election is over, they return back to fighting their "culture war".
Perhaps it's like progressives and the Democrat Party in that we have no real influence, we just get used and then thrown under the bus. It may also be as Rev Jer suggested, that economic issues and supporting the plutocracy are the primary concern.
If the latter is the case, a difference that makes no difference is no difference.
As for the Nazi reference, it's a bit hyperbolic but the Republican Party has been moving further and further to the right over the last 30 years. Reagan is now a liberal by modern standards and W. Bush, once a symbol of conservative America, is now a centrist in comparison to the current crop of candidates. I think it's quite justifiable to use the word "fascism" to describe some influential elements in the Republican Party, particularly the Neo Cons and Tea Party.
And since Libertarians can be expected to continue to support the Republican Party and since the Republican Party is promoting fascism, there's your connection.
Anything else I can explain?
Perhaps it's like progressives and the Democrat Party in that we have no real influence, we just get used and then thrown under the bus. It may also be as Rev Jer suggested, that economic issues and supporting the plutocracy are the primary concern.
If the latter is the case, a difference that makes no difference is no difference.
As for the Nazi reference, it's a bit hyperbolic but the Republican Party has been moving further and further to the right over the last 30 years. Reagan is now a liberal by modern standards and W. Bush, once a symbol of conservative America, is now a centrist in comparison to the current crop of candidates. I think it's quite justifiable to use the word "fascism" to describe some influential elements in the Republican Party, particularly the Neo Cons and Tea Party.
And since Libertarians can be expected to continue to support the Republican Party and since the Republican Party is promoting fascism, there's your connection.
Anything else I can explain?
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
