On one hand, we have an acknowledgment and criticism of regulatory capture. On the other, we have someone calling token criticism of a business that engages in it (a foreign owned one, at that) “UnAmerican”. Which one is closer to what casual observers imagine when they hear “libertarian”?
This is a serious matter. Somehow, (we) libertarians have to reclaim the term from the likes of Paul, Barr and the Donderos of the world. This kind of thing makes a mockery of libertarians, and a mockery of the very word. “Libertarian” ought not mean “less dickishly statist than all those other bastards”, but something positive that people can connect with. Ugh!!!
(wtf? now I have to make an elephant stand up to comment? okay…
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Tweaked Spam Karma, trying to stop the drive-bys. Seems to be working so far. Odd that it’s fucking with you though, since you have previous comments.