(September 8, 2023 at 8:03 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:(August 29, 2023 at 1:08 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I've been a Republican, a Libertarian, and now a Democrat (as of 2016). As far as I can tell my atheism was not a factor. I was an agnostic theist when I was a Repbulican and when I became a Libertarian; I became an atheist while I was a Libertarian. I feel like my political evolution was due to education more than anything else. I don't believe in spirits or eternal souls, so I'm not worried about embryos or fetuses having souls; but that's about it. I might be pro-choice even if I did think fetuses have souls.
Alternate title: Why Ayn Rand is an asswipe
https://onlysky.media/alee/why-libertarian-cities-fail/
"Captain, my house is burning down, and my daughter and dog are inside"
<reaches into rescue kit, grabs card reader>
"Do you have a valid credit or debit card to swipe?"
"They're in my wallet, inside the building."
"I'm sorry, we're not grabbing a hydrant and laying hose until you show the ability to pay."
Oh -- and don't you dare ask about the money to pay for the water lines feeding the hydrants, or who's paying for the roads hose fire engines ride on.
It's funny that Neil Peart wrote this to support libertarianism, but if you listen to the lyrics you see what he himself missed:
