Comments by "AholeAtheist" (@AholeAtheist) on "Why is Penn Jillette's Libertarianism So Precious?" video.

  1. SamSederIsAnIdiot You're uneducated. You have a false perception of the Left/Right political axis.  You even seem to have a false perception of U.S. history. If you think disregarding the constitution is a Left-wing action you are truly insane.  I'm going to explain some things about fascism in detail so you might understand.. fascism -n. a right-wing system of government characterized by extreme nationalistic beliefs and strict obedience to a leader or state.(1) Which party is more nationalistic, Repugs or Dems? Republicans. Who is more nationalistic, G.W.Bush or Obama? Bush.  Is the Patriot Act "strict obedience to a leader or state"? Yes. Is it Authoritarian? Yes. As in conservative Right-wing? Yes.  Does this make Bush, and the Republican Party also/in particular, fascist? Yes. Does any of it make Obama Left-wing? No. In fact, like I said in my last comment, if you check a political compass, Obama and Hillary are Right-wing. Exhibit 1. (Even Bernie Sanders isn't Left-wing, he's directly in the center.) There's no "No True Scotsman" fallacy here. If your politics are not Left-wing or socialist, and are in fact Right-wing and fascist, then that is what you are.  Fascism is also described as the merger of corporate and state power.  Exhibit 2: Obamacare. Now, while all you far-Right nutters are going on about how this is socialism, it is not. It is not supplied by the government, it is mediated by the government and supplied by privately owned corporate insurance companies. This is the merger of corporation and state. It benefits the corporation more than it does the people and the country.  Exhibit 3: TPPA. Obama is currently working on a "trade" deal, that is essentially giving corporations control over sovereign democracies. He's literally diminishing our democracies. That is not Left-wing AT ALL.  "rather tenuous argument" No. That shit was insane. Are you going to start raging about "white genocide" now? LMMFAO. What, an, idiot! (1) Oxford English Dictionary.
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  2. SamSederIsAnIdiot "Statism" is not equal to religion, but Libertarianism is. Here's why; left-wing people believe in economic regulation by an elected body of democratically elected representatives. An elected body of representatives which is not only a tangible group of people that one can confirm exists, but can also be changed whenever it is rational to do so based on evidence. It's kind of scientific like that. Libertarianism, on the other hand, believes the economy is best regulated by itself, or by "the invisible hand of the free market," which is not tangible and there is no evidence it exists/works. Get that again, it's a supernatural/metaphysical claim that cannot be proven. Yet Libertarians dogmatically believe it to be. You were also a bit off, about religion and the state before the constitution. Most governing bodies before that point were monarchies which derived their power from being "God's representative." All based on classist ideals, that have no scientific basis in reality, that some are better or more deserving than others. It's funny you even brought that up, because Libertarianism would bring in a second era of Feudalism. Now, go and cry to your god the "free market."
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  3. Wolf-PAC.com Get money out of politics. It's the progressive thing to do.
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  4. MilitantAntiTheist Sure, if I and other poor voters accept things that way. If we don't, we can get involved in grassroots politics, which may allow for a more representative democracy and more effective democracy. That's what the whole getting money out of politics is all about, saying "no" to the rule of capital wealth. 
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  5. SamSederIsAnIdiot He did? I wasn't aware. Why did he? To maybe help fund what he is doing? Because currently it is acceptable to lobby with money. And all he's doing is lobbying for this change, he's not running for political office. The photo you linked is not evidence in your favour. Most of those countries you are claiming as shining examples of capitalism, don't have free markets, never had free markets, and in fact for the larger part of the last century were mixed model Socialist/Capitalist economies. You have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. I'm done with you.
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  6. Ron Paul is not a legitimate candidate to his corporate handlers. He is a distraction to stop social liberals, who happen to be, idiotically, fiscally conservative, voting for Democrats. 
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  7. SamSederIsAnIdiot Oh, and a lot of "Liberals" want money out of politics altogether. You are talking fucking nonsense.
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  8. SamSederIsAnIdiot Mussolini is known as the godfather of fascism, and he despised unions. Try again. 
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  9. SamSederIsAnIdiot That's not a clear example, because Obama is Right-wing. I assume you were trying to portray him as some kind of socialist, so you could claim he's a fascist because he's a socialist. Well he is a fascist, TPPA, Obamacare, but he's not a socialist, or even a liberal, he's a Right-Wing conservative. Check out a political compass if you don't believe me.
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