LowIQTrash » 02 Feb 2025, 7:46 pm » wrote: ↑
I feel some perspective is needed to further cement my argument.
As
@FOS mentioned this at least 3x in debates with other members (like LibDave 2-3 years ago, to which I was a witness), power is a zero sum game.
People who proclaim the dire need to "reduce the power of the state" always have a hidden motive in mind (or are naive teenagers who finished
Atlas Shrugged and tried their first cigarette at a friend's Sweet 16 party before getting wasted on booze).
Motives, which, to nobody's shock, will not benefit
you.
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The <[( JWO )]> was kicked out by European monarchs over the course of centuries. Raw state power.
Meanwhile, under "liberal, freeDUMB-loving democracies," they have been allowed to thrive. Not once have they been expelled successfully.
Libertarianism = "Liberal, freeDUMB-loving democracies" minus <labor protections, environmental laws, state pensions or even minimal investment in public services> on steroids