re: Whatever happened to the libertarians on this board?

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Not sure how often you check LewRockwell's site... (if you ever did.)
He's never heard of it I'm sure

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The election of 2016 basically killed Libertarianism in this country. It was the ideal scenario for a third party to gain followers. The Republican and Democrat candidates were the two worst in history and Americans seemed ready to welcome a third option.

Then this happened:







Even Trump is smarter than this clown.

The problem is that we give economic incentives for people to come here and then wag our fingers at them when they do. It’s like getting all bent out of shape when someone steals your ferrari when you left it unlocked with the windows down and the keys in the ignition.

Most of the issues caused by illegal immigrants stem from:
1. Not contributing to income/payroll taxes while utilizing infrastructure and entitlementa funded by these taxes
2. Downward wage pressure by working for less than prevailing wage without proper licensees, workman’s comp, bonding, insurance, etc.

The solutions are simple:
1. Switch to a FAIR Tax system
2. End all entitlements at the federal level
3. Either:
a. start enforcing wage laws and occupational licensing requirements more effectively
b. Eliminate the wage and licensing requirements for everyone to negate the illegal advantage.

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lol moving next door to someone is force y'all snek libertarians are a trip

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As you well know, a libertarian governing system is only possible in a (mostly) homogenous society that accepts the norms and values of libertarianism. So, basically, we can have some Jews and a bunch of Anglos.

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As you well know, a libertarian governing system is only possible in a (mostly) homogenous society

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Pretty impressive to generalize from a sample size of zero

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Tell me who's "forcing" different cultures to live next to each other here in Houston

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Houston is pretty segregated

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Pretty impressive to generalize from a sample size of zero

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With a sample size of zero, it is necessary to generalize.

The probable most libertarian society in recent history was probably the North some time in the late 1700s or early 1800s, which was definitely very homogeneous.

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There is a distinction between libertarianism and anarchism.

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Anarcho-capitalists

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Anarchism and Anarcho-capitalism are different entities.

However, to your point there is wide variance amongst Anarcho-capitalists regarding national borders. The more common position would include reduced national presence along with open borders, while personal property borders would be considered sacrosanct.

They traded in those principles and Rand Paul signs for Trump