Libertarian in America just means a Republican who smokes dope and skips church.
I'm not a conspiracy guy, but if a billionaire invented a political philosophy that benefited himself, it'd look a whole lot like American libertarianism.
The Libertarian National Committee expelled the LPNH earlier this year. They probably should have done it earlier, as the LPNH has a long history of outrageous public statements.
New Hampshire has more Dems than GOP at this point. Harris beat Trump by 3-pts in 2024, when she was underwater in every other battleground state. The only reason Sununu has a chance at the Senate in 2026 is his last name (same reason Manchin was impervious to Republicans in West Virginia).
The Free State Project has been a joke since the Obama Era. Not only did Libertarians fail to flip the state, but Masshole Liberals have fully swamped whatever base of Libertarian support the state once had.
Sure. I'm saying the Libertarians could match the state sentiment and social environment better than the Republicans. Libertarianism is an easy philosophy to adopt if you hate taxes and believe in "personal responsibility" but don't want to be socially ostracized for the Republican's culture war/many state.
The establishment Dems have indisputably aligned with Libertarian values better than the GOP ever has.
Libertarians support the GOP more because, at least in America, they aren't actually fucking Libertarians. They're fascists + marijuana and gay marriage
Libertarianism is the ideology of those with various conditions and states of mind, where empathetic and emotional reasoning is “divergent” from the norm.
I was libertarian for a minute, because weed and hookers sounded nice at the time, until it dawned on me, “Wait, you trust corporations in a consumeristic society to make ethical decisions without guardrails?”
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yesman@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 1d
Libertarian in America just means a Republican who smokes dope and skips church.
I'm not a conspiracy guy, but if a billionaire invented a political philosophy that benefited himself, it'd look a whole lot like American libertarianism.
edgarde@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1d
That describes what the Koch brothers did to the Libertarian party.
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1d
There are at least a few of us that hold to the old meaning
krashmo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
Which is?
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1d
Smokes dope, skips church, and ignores age-of-consent.
The latter was picked up by the mainstream parties platform.
Krumm@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11h
That's some high quality snark. Excellent work.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 8h
Left anarchist
Zak@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 1d
The Libertarian National Committee expelled the LPNH earlier this year. They probably should have done it earlier, as the LPNH has a long history of outrageous public statements.
rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1d
They were basically copy/pasting Russian state propaganda for several years before that. It was wild.
CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 23h
Tell that to the bears, asshole.
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 1d
The people who want small government wants the government to kill the opposition... Which doesn't sound very small government.
chewypoops@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 14h
They literally never wanted a small government. It was always just the excuse they used to attack a liberal government.
qarbone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8h
They wanted "small governement"*.
*government that doesn't restrict them from doing whatever they want.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 8h
Hey that's not fair, they want some rando to kill the opposition and the government to do nothing about it.
MunkyNutts@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1d
NH libertarians have good track record of governing,
https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 12 pts · 1d
Oh, they're a classy bunch
New Hampshire Libertarians tweet image of Zelensky with Hitler mustache
Also :
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 1d
To be fair, a libertarian would probably support the assassination of anything government related.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1d
The "Libertarians of NH" com is run by Republicans, which is why they're advocating votes for Republicans rather than Libertarians.
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1d
If they were a real libertarian party New Hampshire might be a pretty good state to actually compete with the Republicans.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d
New Hampshire has more Dems than GOP at this point. Harris beat Trump by 3-pts in 2024, when she was underwater in every other battleground state. The only reason Sununu has a chance at the Senate in 2026 is his last name (same reason Manchin was impervious to Republicans in West Virginia).
The Free State Project has been a joke since the Obama Era. Not only did Libertarians fail to flip the state, but Masshole Liberals have fully swamped whatever base of Libertarian support the state once had.
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1d
Sure. I'm saying the Libertarians could match the state sentiment and social environment better than the Republicans. Libertarianism is an easy philosophy to adopt if you hate taxes and believe in "personal responsibility" but don't want to be socially ostracized for the Republican's culture war/many state.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
I think that's been empirically disproven
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 8h
They're Libertarians, not libertarians.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 14h
The establishment Dems have indisputably aligned with Libertarian values better than the GOP ever has.
Libertarians support the GOP more because, at least in America, they aren't actually fucking Libertarians. They're fascists + marijuana and gay marriage
hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 13h
Listen, they’re willing to compromise on the gay marriage thing just as long as you get the fascism.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 12h
The dirty little secret is Libertarians have always been a small pebble kick from fascism.
Their whole ideology is based in Social Darwinism
grue@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
Hey Lemmy.world TOS, when are we going to be allowed to say what needs to be done in response?
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d
Not when a fascist is in government
hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 9h
Libertarianism is the ideology of those with various conditions and states of mind, where empathetic and emotional reasoning is “divergent” from the norm.
I was libertarian for a minute, because weed and hookers sounded nice at the time, until it dawned on me, “Wait, you trust corporations in a consumeristic society to make ethical decisions without guardrails?”
lntl@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1d
GOP looks scared
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 8h
Libertarians are just conservatives + weed - religion.
enterthepocket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 22h
The only support they need is free money. It's interesting how people with no balls interpret this information.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 8h
So much for Live and Let Live.
QueenHawlSera@piefed.social · 1 pts · 21h