Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "Michael Malice - My Opinion on Libertarianism and the Libertarian Party" video.

  1. I am very much for civil liberty and limiting the role government plays in our individual lives. It's why I cautioned my friends who were cheering when that abomination called the patriot act was passed. I tried to warn em, it ain't no fun when the rabbit has the gun so be careful what you wish for Dorothy. As John Adams said, liberty lost is gone forever. Once the government starts limiting or outright taking away basic civil liberties they tend to hang on to to the power they have seized. So that is where I stand on civil rights. My main problem with libertarians, and I have several, is they tend to be secular by default which results in them not really having a core set of principles based on a transcendent morality. Take a guy like dennis prager. I listened to him for a time but his "libertarian sensibilities" left me shaking my head. Like the time he was interviewing a guy who was on the front-line of fighting human trafficking and prager wanted him to draw a distinction between human traffickers and hard-working pimps just trying to make a buck. As I mentioned, he based that on his "libertarian sensibilities." Just like his stance on pornography and a number of issues he sees as victimless crimes. Another example is john stossel who did an expose on the homeless problem in San Francisco and how the crime spree that was a direct result of it was killing residential and business districts. At the end he made sure to include the disclaimer that while junkies leaving needles lying around, holding people up in broad daylight, relieving themselves where they choose, and stealing so much that businesses are shutting down is a problem, we still had to balance that with the junkies right to shoot up where he wished. More libertarian sensibilities at work. And their candidate for president this year? Chase Oliver, a guy who describes himself as "angry and gay." Okay, fair enough. If all of that is your thing, by all means, have at it. But that is the libertarian party circa 2024 and it will continue to get more fringe as the world gets more crazy because when you adopt a utilitarian "live and let live" attitude in world where the guardrails are being removed at an alarming rate and you're dealing with people who have no intention of letting you "live and let live" well, you do the math. That kind of thinking works fine in a world where everyone is sane and rational and they respect the rights of their neighbor. Unfortunately, that world has never existed, and the idea that if you just made it all legal somehow people would be pacified...well, if you buy that I've got some lakefront property to sell you. It's 10-feet offshore but hey, the view is spectacular.
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