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#mastodon social engineering
@heretical_i @actapopuli@friendica-leipzig.de @actapopuli@fediverse.blog
#neoliberalism #libertarian #communism #communalism #anarchism
While it's obvious the U.S. federal #government must drastically cut #spending to avoid ruin, decreased government spending alone doesn't mean meor #Liberty and increasing Liberty sometimes doesn't cost a dime.
The US government spends 36.3% of GDP.
The Pakistani government spends 20% of GDP.
The Iranian government spends 12.3% of GDP.
The Venezuelan government spends 12% of #GDP
None of these other countries have more liberty than Americans do, despite having more reasonable budgets. They demonstrate that the US could cut two thirds of spending, or more, and still wind up with a tyrannical State.
Individual #freedom & personal #responsibility is far more important than $ & ¢. #libertarian #libertarianism #FreedomsTheAnswer
Conceived in Liberty
Click here for Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New Republic: 1784–1791There's never been a better time to remember the revolutionary and even libertarianMises Institute
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(11/n)
...associate at #Sullivan&Cromwell. During #Trump's first term, he served as an assistant to the solicitor general. He has argued in front of the #SupremeCourt at least eight times. He was most recently a senior attorney and special counsel for the Supreme Court practice at the #PacificLegalFoundation, a #libertarian...
I wish I could find a way to disagree with you, I can't.
#DNC needs new leadership or the US needs a viable #ThirdParty.
I'd say that soon there will be enough disaffected #Democrats and #Republicans to constitute one.
I realize the #Libertarian & #Green parties are out there but they have not garnered enough belief to really move the needle.
All I can say for sure is that #wethepeopleoftheunitedstates have allowed #Trump back in power and we need to fix that at the ballotbox.
#Argentina: #GeneralStrike called against repression of protests, economic policies like wage suppression, and increased #IMF debt
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#strike #strikes #union #unions #CGT #JavierMilei #UTEP #HumanRights #democracy #libertarian #PopeFrancis #hunger #SocialJustice #AdolfoPerezEsquivel #capitalism #austerity #neoliberalism #corruption #exploitation #ClassWar
Argentina's CGT announces 24-hour general strike
Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) will be staging a 24-hour general strike against the government of Javier Milei, tentatively set for before April 10.MercoPress
Aktuelle #Umfragen, wo stehen die deutschen #Parteien #PoliticalCompass | Der #Politicker #Umfragewerte #Sonntagsfrage, Zwei #Parteien steigen #DieLinke #AfD #CDU #CSU #SPD #Grüne #FDP #BSW #Ideologien #Politics #Autoritarian #Libertarian #Right #Left
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Aktuelle #Umfragen, wo stehen die deutschen #Parteien #PoliticalCompass | Der #Politicker
Politicker 13 PPP Parteien, Personen, Politik, Politischer Kompass, Ideologien Unser heutiger Ticker entspricht beinahe dem früheren Verfahren, das eine Thema, das er enthält, hätten wir normalerwe…DER WAHLBERLINER
No, they’re reparations.
And as it says in my profile, I’m not a #libertarian.
Before it comes up, let's also skip the “#AynRand hypocritically collected #SocialSecurity” bit: NewIdeal.AynRand.org/what-gave…
What Gave Ayn Rand the Moral Right to Collect Social Security?
Would accepting Social Security benefits make Ayn Rand a hypocrite, since she opposed that program’s very existence? Critics should not attempt to answer this question without first reading and addressing Rand’s own published argument on the subject.Onkar Ghate (New Ideal)
This may be the most important, revealing article, from Mike Brock, that you will come across in 2025. Click link to the blog with audio version, thanks to ListenLater
#democracy, #libertarian, #fascism, #musk, #peterthiel, #siliconvalley, #technology, #utopia #mikebrock
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The Plot Against America
This may be the most important, revealing article, from Mike Brock, that you will come across in 2025. How a dangerous ideology born from the Billionaire-Libertarian Movement headed by people like …Dr Bob, Brain Mechanic
Why, you may ask, is America so fucked up? Simple. The “southern strategy” employed by Nixon worked. It worked beyond their wildest dreams. Three simple steps:
1. Christian fundamentalism ( Christo-fascism)
2. Segregation. Jim Crow, Apartheid - call it what you will. Maybe just racism.
3. States rights. Basically the ability of states to enforce #1 and #2. And keep the feds out.
Gerrymandering has been a key factor for their success. Stacking the courts and electing incompetent morons who can be easily manipulated is a contributing factor too. But the most important thing is money. Lots and lots of money. Hire lawyers Fund think tanks. Flood every news zone. Buy social media. Control the news cycle 24 hours a day. Instill hatred, fear and insecurity. And lie. Lie about everything!
Worked like a charm.
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#america #us #uspolitics #trump #maga #repubicans #christians #religion #libertarian #southernstrategy
@simon_brooke
"Anyone who calls themselves a #libertarian and yet wants to retain private property is a hypocrite, a liar and a fraud."
Meh. You're confusing "libertarian" with "anarchist". Plenty of libertarians do want some government, including a government that enforces property rights.
And that's putting aside the obvious fact that you can enforce property rights without the government. A purse snatcher that gets punched and the purse retrieved could tell you that.
Anyone who calls themselves a #libertarian and yet wants to retain private property is a hypocrite, a liar and a fraud.
Only state power can enforce the right to property. We can -- and should -- live without states, but to do so we have to live without property.
@MJ
I think that #Trump & his followers are the issue here.
Not #democrats
Not #uncommitted
Not #libertarian
We just need to suck it up and work together.
Once things settle we can go back to struggling with the comparatively minor differences we all have.
Or...we can go on being divided by Trump's rhetoric.
What individual freedoms do people need to have
What individual freedoms do people need to have that they don't and...
What individual freedoms do people need to have that they don't and anarchists should be fighting for? Would it be the freedom to rape anything or anyone you see? No consent no freedom Would it be to travel anywhere you wanted Other than by foot, or …diaspora* social network
Wouldn’t it be great, #Musk offered, if he had #access to the #computers of the #FederalGovernment?
Just give him the passwords, he said jocularly, & he would make the govt fit & trim.
What started as musings at a dinner party evolved into a #radical takeover of the #FederalBureaucracy. It was driven with a frenetic focus by Musk, who channeled his #libertarian impulses & resentment of #regulatory #oversight of his vast #business holdings into a singular position of #influence.
What does the #European #Union need ?
>A cohesive #Europe
A strong European army #European Army
A little cleaning (too many #fascist #NeoNazi cobwebs )
A little though decision > (Hungary)
#Enlargement (union makes force) - (Ukraine)
#NATO without #US
New #Economic patnership (far away from Trump USA)
and above all
> Remain faithful to the #libertarian #Democratic principles of #Europe
And ... (if they behave) accept the #UK back in the Community (they suffered enough).
Dozen Values is the most granular of the political alignment quizzes I've done. Would recommend.
#politics #politicalcompass #libertarian #socialism #libertariansocialism #Anarchism #marxism #revolution #anticapitalism #antistatism
I have a phrase I like to use with right-wing bootlickers: "You will never be a billionaire." (YWNBAB)
#Politics #Economy #Trump #Libertarian #Conservative #Bootlickers #Capitalism #Socialism #EconomicPolicy #Oligarchy #Transphobia #EatTheRich
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#MSNBC's > The Reidout, Joyann #Reid's Show Has Been #Canceled
Nettwork are alligning with #Trump propaganda,
slowly all #Libertarian ad #Democratic voice will be silenced.
like in Russia.
Lol. Lmao, even!
“When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.”
Seriously, fascinating read and investigation of what are the broader effects of libertarian policies. #reading #uspol #newhampshire #bears #libertarian
Somehow, though, no one who advocates for these things is willing to take them to their logical conclusion. And, tellingly, many of them accuse people who disagree with them of "not caring" about other people.
Seems odd to me that, as a #libertarian, I supposedly "don't care" about other people, and yet I want them to be free. Also seems odd that I spent so much time as a volunteer firefighter if I "don't care" about others.
Quick thoughts on the #Trump strategy that I am sure many of you already share.
Why pardon all of the Jan 6 #insurrectionists ? Pretty easy, raising an army like the #brownshirts
Why pardon #Ulbricht, founder of the #silkroad? It wasn't to share #libertarian values, he needs crafty people who can evade international scrutiny.
Why dismiss #corruption changes again #EricAdams ? Gain control of #nyc
Note the thread, all army building.
#Europe has stopped buying 'energy' from #Russia since an #enemy #State
Europe must stop buying energy from #America since it is an opposing fscist state (soon enemy)
Europe must buy energy and products from friendly and allies States
that share #democratic and #libertarian social principles.
Europe must buy energy from #Canada.
Crude tanslation ES --> EN 3 documents of EZLN the day before the uprising 1/1/94
Editorial de El Despertador Mexicano
Editorial Mexicanos: obreros, campesinos, estudiantes, profesionistas honestos, chicanos, progresistas de otros países, hemos empezado la lucha que necesitamos hacer para alcanzar demandas que nunc…Enlace Zapatista
Today in Labor History February 13, 1837: A Flour Riot occurred in New York City. 6,000 New Yorkers, attending a "bread, meat, rent, and fuel" meeting in Chatham Square, assaulted local flour merchants who they claimed were hoarding flour in order to drive up the price. The Locofocos (a libertarian-like faction of the Democratic Party that opposed Tammany Hall) organized a public protest against runaway prices that turned into a riot. The police arrested 40 people.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #Riot #inflation #democratic #police #women #locofocos #libertarian #democrats #newyork
I'm Siv. I live, work, create, and activate in #Lansing, #Michigan, #USA.
I believe effective #praxis toward global #MutualAid society must center #economic #justice and #healing traumas in the human #psyche. Cultural violence is a durable response to #scarcity.
I help run the services and facilities of the #praxisdotred #tech #collective and #hacker house, such as this #mastodon instance.
#GenderAbolitionist #transhumanist #posthumanist #libertarian #communist #leftist #vegan #introduction
You can’t even make the argument that laws are censorship, for the reason that freedom of speech is derived from laws itself.
Therefore if laws are censorship, freedom of speech is censorship.
But this is the #libertarian trap that lures in technologist wannabe freedom fighters. Quick & seductive. Like the dark side in Star Wars lore.
#libertarianism is simply selfishness dressed up in fancy words to sound respectable to idiots
its only purpose is to trick gullible fools and serve #plutocracy
anyone rich and a #libertarian knows it's a con in their benefit
anyone poor and a libertarian is an idiot living their sad life stanning rich assholes who would happily push them in front of a bus if they were walking too slow
Curtis Yarwin is not the exception.
Peter Thiel is not the exception.
Elon Musk is not the exception.
1990’s commercial #internet was already formed around radical #libertarian ideals.
The idea was from the start to keep the government out of there. The idea was from the start for it to not have laws.
Unfortunately, they cheated us. For where there are no laws, there is only rule by the strongest.
#amreading Cyberlibertarianism: The right-wing politics of Digital Technology by David Golumba