You may be trying to steal my woman, but this is one brilliant damn post.
I'm working on a post that condemns all leftists. My plan is to do so by quoting one post on a leftist forum by someone who may or may not be a leftist. The logic of this plan is flawless.
I just can't decide whether to start on Democratic Underground or Eschaton.
oh hardee har, digamma.
there is no doubt that the idiots, be they nieporent or the nireporent-like scumbag on jane galt's site, profess to be libertarians. there is also no doubt that the basis of libertarianism consists of some very nasty beliefs -- especially considering their inevitable real-world translations. essentially, this is what you should address. soory but the old btf standby ("that's a strawman! wahh wahh") isn't a legit defense here.
you're irish. the deaths and misery of your ancestors was excused, exacerbated, or wished-for by then-libertarians. and you side with the libertarians. i guess it's a small comfort, then, that no one can accuse you of being a tribalist, but that accusation is a chance I'd personally take. even better would be the accusation of humanism over "principled" sociopathy, but whatever. principles are precious things.
Meh, principles are for loser!
I AM A WINNER!!!
I am a libertarian, and social darwinist, and I am proud of it.
There is a very consistent set of principles that I follow:
1) I am the absolute owner of myself.
2) I have no obligation to help any other person who has never helped me before. We are all islands.
3) We all have a right to be selfish, and there is nothing wrong with selfishness.
Yes, I'd agree with survival of the fittest capitalism. I believe we should eliminate all taxes, and replace them with user fees for government services. You pay ONLY for what YOU use, and NOT for what anyone else uses, just like you would only pay for what you order at a restaurant, and not for what other random diners order. Charging taxes based on income is inherently price discrimination against high earners, because you are charging them a higher price for use of the same services. That would be akin to a bar charging Bill Gates $100,000 for a beer, while you get a beer for free. Why should a billionaire with no kids pay for public schools so that other people's kids can go? Why should Bill Gates pay more for the roads if he doesn't drive more than everyone else? Why should he help pay for your health care or education if you've never done a damn thing to help him? He has no obligation to help anyone, and his helping people would only serve to grant those people a better standard of living than they deserve.
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