Comments on: Mises Caucus Takes Over the Libertarian Party

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:51:32 +0000

In reply to rrhersh. It certainly shows they're just as willing to do anything to get votes as they accuse the two major parties of being, but yeah, the pretense that they have anything left to offer progressives has worn thin now the tide is turning against the War of Drugs.

By: AHH

AHH — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 22:15:12 +0000

Ron Paul was also pretty heavily into conspiracy theories about shadowy forces conspiring against U.S. sovereignty. Not quite at the Q-Anon fringe, but loony-adjacent. Would fit right in with today’s Republican Party — in fact wasn’t his last run for President as a Republican? 2008?

By: Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:22:35 +0000

In reply to nathankc.

He doesn’t know the Constitution, either. I nearly drove my Jeep off Hoosier Pass because I heard him telling some talk jock that the Constitution forbids Congress from authorizing paper money, that it could only issue gold or silver coin.

He said it again when I reached the summit and I had to pull over so I wouldn’t literally fall off the Continental Divide.

He’s an ignoramus.

By: rrhersh

rrhersh — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:22:43 +0000

I am impressed that they removed the plank condemning bigotry. That is really saying the quiet parts out loud. I figured out many years ago that self-identified “libertarians,” whether capitalized or not, are Republicans with intellectual pretensions. I’m not so sure that they are keeping up the pretense anymore.

By: nathankc

nathankc — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:57:00 +0000

In reply to Jeff Ryan. his boy Rand though is just as much a darling in that camp however and has been very vocal in not knowing what he's talking about in terms of medical science and the pandemic.