Just a reminder that a cornerstone of American libertarianism is the privatization of waterways.
Libertarianism is nestles wet dream.
“The Libertarian Party’s platform calls for significantly reducing the scope of the federal government by getting rid of regulations and cutting spending.”
I’m open… which regulations? Which spending?
How do Libertarians do again?
2020:
Joe Biden 81,283,501 - 51.31% 306 EC votes.
Donald Trump 74,223,975 - 46.85% 232 EC votes.
Jo Jorgensen - Libertarian - 1,865,535 - 1.18% 0 Howie Hawkins - Green - 407,068 - 0.26% 0
2016:
Donald Trump 62,984,828 - 46.09% - 304 EC votes.
Hillary Clinton 65,853,514 - 48.18% - 227 EC votes
Gary Johnson - Libertarian - 4,489,341 - 3.28% - 0
Jill Stein - Green - 1,457,218 - 1.07% - 0
2012:
Barack Obama - 65,915,795 - 51.06% - 332
Mitt Romney - 60,933,504 - 47.20% - 206
Gary Johnson - Libertarian - 1,275,971 - 0.99% - 0
Jill Stein - Green - 469,627 - 0.36% - 0
2008:
Barack Obama - 69,498,516 - 52.93% - 365
John McCain - 59,948,323 - 45.65% - 173
Ralph Nader - Independent - 739,034 - 0.56% - 0
Bob Barr - Libertarian - 523,715 - 0.40% - 0
Chuck Baldwin - Constitution - 199,750 - 0.15% - 0
Cynthia McKinney - Green - 161,797 - 0.12% - 0
2004:
George W. Bush - 62,040,610 - 50.73% - 286
John Kerry - 59,028,444 - 48.27% - 251
John Edwards - 5 - 0.00% - 1
Ralph Nader - Independent - 465,650 - 0.38% - 0
Michael Badnarik - Libertarian - 397,265 - 0.32% - 0
Michael Peroutka - Constitution - 143,630 - 0.12% - 0
David Cobb - Green - 119,859 - 0.10% - 0
2000:
George W. Bush - 50,456,002 - 47.86% - 271
Al Gore - 50,999,897 - 48.38% - 266
Ralph Nader - Green - 2,882,955 - 2.74% -
0
Pat Buchanan - Reform - 448,895 - 0.43% - 0
Harry Browne - Libertarian - 384,431 - 0.36% - 0
Edit Yes, you read that right. In 2004, one faithless elector cast an electoral college ballot for John Edwards. It’s commonly believed this was an error, but it counted anyway. Meaning a mistaken EC vote has counted more than all Libertarian and Green candidates combined in the past 1/4 century.
I recommend you all tag this person so you can see just how much they spam in an attempt to dillute the vote
I recommend you all tag this person so you can see just how much they spam in an attempt to dillute the vote
I don’t spam at all.
And I didn’t write the article. And also, do you realize with party Libertarian votes would take away from? Think about that.
And again, I didn’t write the article. So if you are mad that things like this make the news, feel free to write the publishers of the news articles. This community is for posting of political news articles.
And this is a political news article. If it breaks the rules of the community, then the mods would remove it.
Posting political news articles to a Lemmy political news community is NOT spam. Please stay civil in your comments rather than throwing out baseless accusations.
In the last 24 hours you have made 34 posts. You absolutely are spamming.
Is there a rule against how many posts I’ve made? And most of the posts are IN ONE CONVERSATION IN ONE THREAD, that has had me and the poster just instantly replying back and forth to each other.
And I also posted several articles to the c/science sub. Some articles to the Green party sub. Some here, and some to a Socialist sub. Both subs of which I created and moderate.
What part of that is “spamming” to you?
In fact, go on, and cut and past the “34 posts” I have made right here to this thread. Let’s let everyone see what I’m posting. They could always just check my profile and history as well, but hey, I’m cool with you cutting/pasting my comments here for all to see.
Which parts are “spamming”?
Because what we all need is our food and water to be even more poisonous. To burn to death cuz we couldn’t afford our subscription to firefighters service this month. Or to die of sepsis because of no medical regs at the hospital.
Right-Libertarians aren’t serious people. At least not any more serious than a 14 year old ancap.
Hillary didn’t and it cost her the election. Any reasonable, well-informed person should have voted against Trump, and she acted as if that applied to most voters.
If voters were well informed, the GOP wouldn’t exist. The two parties would be progressives and liberals. Treating voters as a rational group is, in itself, irrational.
This Lemmy community explores and respects diverse viewpoints. I wouldn’t advocate that the GOP shouldn’t exist. Just as I wouldn’t advocate that the DNC shouldn’t exist.
And I believe 3rd parties are good for a healthy society.
The counterpoint to progressive action is moderation. The GOP do not represent useful ideas to a happy populous. They rely on lies and a skewed perception of reality. I don’t respect a party whose core values are harming others, and I live in a red state so I live through that every day.
I accept and respect various diverse viewpoints on how to best serve the country, including actual libertarian values. I would be more than happy if Joe Manchin was a typical opposing argument to progressive ideals.
The GOP do not represent useful ideas to a happy populous.
In YOUR opinion (and mine!). Almost half of the country disagrees with you though.
I respect people’s right to vote for any one they want to vote for, even if it’s a Republican.
