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I don't particularly like Ron Paul. Here's why:
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0632242545 wrote
at 5:07 PM, Sunday October 2, 2011 EDT
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/kxuyz/alright_rpolitics_im_not_a_big_fan_of_ron_paul/
Long story short, Ron isn't as much a libertarian as he is a an anti-federalist. He's fighting a battle that was lost 200 years ago. Imparting more rights to the states doesn't make the country any more efficient, if anything it's regressive. And if you remember, we fought a bloody civil war over the issue already. The fact is, the only way you could think of Ron Paul politically is as an anti-federal libertarian voluntarist, as real libertarians basically are tantamount to anarchists. The flaw in libertarian thought though is that it fails to account for the fact that not everyone is perfect, ethical, moral, and responsible - that everyone isn't an ideal person. Or that there is even enough good people in society to locally police the irresponsible, unethical and immoral. Libertarianism sounds good on paper but in practice it can't work because of human nature. |
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Travis O Johnson wrote
at 4:56 AM, Wednesday October 12, 2011 EDT thanks for sharing your opinion
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Travis O Johnson wrote
at 4:56 AM, Wednesday October 12, 2011 EDT I try to live by unbiased, factual information if at all possible
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0632242545 wrote
at 5:16 AM, Wednesday October 12, 2011 EDT sorry, didn't mean to jump on you travis, I'm sure you have a good understanding of RP's platform, but as a texan (where a lot of ron's base is) I've found there's a lot of confusion/misinformation about what he actually stands for so its a tired subject for me
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0632242545 wrote
at 3:21 PM, Wednesday October 12, 2011 EDT Bump for deadcode
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Travis O Johnson wrote
at 3:43 PM, Wednesday October 12, 2011 EDT you get much respect 064984538 for being apologetic
thanks and that was kinda awesome |
