repost, but it’s been a while

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    This is the all-time most succinct encapsulation of libertarian thought - giving the government power by voting is tyranny, but random people getting it as a side-effect of money is Freedom.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      Old enough to remember libertarians who were smugly asserting Social Security caused the Iraq War.

      Now we’re stuck with the libertarians who smugly assert that the Department of Education causes transgender teenagers.

      • aizakku@waterloolemmy.ca
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        Can’t have transgender teens in school, if you you don’t have school! Checkmate atheists, i mean, liberals.

        /s maybe, who knows what those chuds are doing anymore

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          Say goodbye to the old school, ergh, boring - I hate school!

          Say HELLO to the patriot Mcschool of dreams, brought to you in association with Coca-Cola - to ensure your patriot Mcschool dreams have Real magic - providing children with the very best school-like experience and for prices lower than you’d expect.

  • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I don’t really understand what specific aspect of libertarianism this meme refers to, please explain

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      Yeah, the last 6 months has really shown what Libertarians are made of. Fucking disgusting hypocrites.

      • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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        They’ve always been that way. Its not surprising the “we need to be more selfish” crew isn’t standing up for anyone

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      All libertarians want policies that will allow major corporations to walk all over them, whether they realize it and have a problem with it or not.

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    Fun etymological fact: very long ago, tyranny used to refer to an autocratic leader that issued a debt jubilee, generally in response to a peasant uprising. A debt jubilee is where most or all debts are declared invalid, a clean debt slate for society, and was generally necessary to keep society functioning. The mini revolution that appointed the tyrant would be short-lived and the prior systen would more or less remain in place, just with cancelled debts.

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      Weak minded people are easy to exploit

      In other words the people supporting this shit are idiots who have no critical thinking skills.

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        Get ready for a full generation of weak minded morons now that the Dept. Of Education is gone. It can always get worse.

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            Maybe not yet. But that is the ultimate goal. That’s not even a slippery slope fallacy. Poor people don’t need an education, let them start working when old enough for school. These are goals they are working towards little by little. If you don’t know that you are not paying attention. You are just hearing what is said by known liars and believing it for every little step until the goal is met.

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                The problem with this is that there ends up being no national education standard. You take a state like Alabama, which ranks dead last in so many education metrics, and remove those federal standards. Now Alabama can just change their state standards, and suddenly they have a 100% graduation rate with all straight A students. Guess what happens when Cletus the Alabama valedictorian tries to get a job in the medical field or the tech sector.

                And that’s before we ever even talk about funding. States get about 15% of their K-12 funding from the federal government. Where are the states going to make up that difference? Higher state taxes? Higher property taxes? Or are they just going to let already struggling schools go to shit? Guess who that affects the most?

                You really haven’t put a lot of thought into this beyond “federal gubmint bad”.

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                Just move huh? Just change the government? Simple. I’m sure no state will defy the constitution regarding education. And all states will care about all students and listen to local school boards. Local boards are even smaller and not need the state then. It’s great that it’s all about making things better for all and being more efficient. Sure, that’s the only reason for this. Maybe states should just become their own country, or change the federal government if they don’t like it instead of eliminating it.

                I bet you believe abortion is about “states rights” too. I’m sure it’s all decided now and no need to push for a federal ban. Nobody is pushing for that I’m sure. lol. Do you believe that abortion is only about abortion even?

                It’s not even worth typing out all the ways your whole statement Is silly. Anyone with even a partial brain can see what the end goals have always been. And when given a chance, what they have and will do with the power. And yet people like you just push the absolute dumbest narrative you can and somehow believe it.

  • seeigel@feddit.org
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    As the name implies, libertarians want to be free.

    Tyranny.gov rules by law which prohibits what you are allowed to do and thus think, thus limiting freedom.

    Tyranny.com has no laws, just costs, which can be restructured by a single person. Thus the person feels free.

    • SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee
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      All libertarians care about is how they can make money and benefit from a situation.

      They don’t care others are getting fucked as long as they can have their tea.

      They don’t actually want a free market, they want a market where they can burrow their tendrils deep into society and suck off as much as they can.