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Libertarianism vs liberalism Libertarianism vs liberalismMore Like This
Freedom is necessarily intertwined with responsibility. The two are as inseparable as two sides of a coin, or cause and effect. This is a philosophical fact, and one that should dictate the tenets of any political ideology. To say otherwise, is both factually and ethically wrong. In this short essay, I hope to explain why I am so hostile to contemporary “liberalism”, and why libertarianism (or classical liberalism) is a superior ideology.
Libertarians want individual freedom, combined with individual responsibility. Liberals, on the other hand, want individual freedom, combined with collective respon
33 Reasons To Be A Libertarian1) Because the taxes that supposedly go to building roads, bridges, and schools mostly go to funding the military-industrial complex.More Like This
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2) Because the army is being forced to purchase tanks it neither wants nor needs. If the army were to withhold creating new tanks for three years, it would save taxpayers $3 billion dollars--the same amount the Pentagon spends in a single day!
The U.S. Gov't and Current ScandalsI just want to comment on something that has been going on recently in the news. As some of you know, I am a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst and worked in special forces and strategic intelligence my entire 21 year career. I was intimately familiar with federal regulations regarding intelligence collection on U.S. citizens, corporations, and interests. I know a few of my friends may not agree with me, but that's okay. We're all entitled to our own opinion, just not our own facts. Here are the facts as I know them:More Like This
1) The U.S. government, through various law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and the I.R.S, has been collecting substantial amounts of information and data on U.S. citizens for a number of years.
2) This began after 9/11 in 2001 during the Bush administration. The current administration has done nothing to change this. Indeed, the gathering of data has increased, not decreased. Under the auspices of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 signed by President Bush and the PATR
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