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| Agent Matt | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 10:20 |
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 Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | Is it just me or is every pundit from the CATO Institute a colossal fucking douchebag? | |||||
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| Global Elite Intern | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 11:54 |
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 Level: 0 CS Original | The black leather jacket dude from reason - who is deliberately going for the whole fonzie look - is priceless. In a deep, movie trailer voice: | |||||
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| The Real Roxette | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 13:23 |
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 There ARE more sluts in public schools. Shut up and let me explain. Level: 8 CS Original | When it comes to economics, I often trust people who think they're the Fonz.... eh! | |||||
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| Global Elite Intern | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 13:29 |
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Level: 0 CS Original | Making money is cool. No rules is cool. The Fonz is cool. That's why libertarianism works. | |||||
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| advancedatheist | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 21:08 |
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Level: 3 CS Original | The billionaire Koch brothers finance the Cato Institute to publish libertarian propaganda, which ironically few people want to buy and read: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all By contrast the economists who publish those Freakonomics books apparently don't have ties to Koch money, and their books sell in response to genuine market demand. The so-called libertarian movement in the U.S. has little spontaneous or organic support otherwise. | |||||
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| Global Elite Intern | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 21:14 |
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Level: 0 CS Original | Libertarianism in the US is a cruel excuse for rich people to keep all their money, build a winner take all society since they are already the winners and let the rest of the world be damned. Liberty in a libertarian society only exists for rich people. | |||||
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| advancedatheist | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 21:36 |
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Level: 3 CS Original | I posted on another thread about how David Nolan, one of the founders of the Libertarian Party, struck me as a spoiled white kid who lacked real grievances about his situation in life. I could say the same about Robert Heinlein, who despite his white trash background enjoyed a relatively good life in the U.S. while drawing a disability pension from his service in the U.S. Navy, and probably getting his socialized health care from the Veterans' Affairs system as well. | |||||
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| Global Elite Intern | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 21:45 |
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Level: 0 CS Original | Yes, that's why they say libertarianism is for well-off, healthy people. | |||||
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