2/ that's part of it ... but don't overlook the idea that people themselves want low variance, safety , security ...and, more than that, the THEATER and psychological comfort that comes from thinking (even falsely) that someone is watching out for youhttps://twitter.com/randolphbeck/status/1296932094720049154 …
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3/ Huge # of people fear the idea of having to take control of their own children's education, fear the idea of saving for their own retirements, fear the idea of a culture where people can rise or fall arbitrarily far. The idea that there's no "mom" or "dad" scares & offends
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5/ nah, this is quibbling over the wrapper, when the product inside the box is what people don't like Most Americans in the year 2020 are socialists who want their gimmes, and want their neighbors to feel the lashhttps://twitter.com/TheWizardTower/status/1296937025665298433 …
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6/ Indeed. Libertarianism is a perfectly valid governing philosophy that could do well in a town populated by SlateStarCodex readers and HUN attendees. The other 330 million Americans want welfare, circuses, wars, and crucifixions. https://twitter.com/MMdigg13/status/1296937191986397190 …
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7/ It's a recursive clown show / goat rodeo. Peer into any corner, and the smallest part is exactly as 'tarded as the whole thing appeared to be. https://twitter.com/badtakebrian/status/1296937838685102081 …
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8/ I agree with all of this up until the "unless". Power consolidates. Do you think that by establishing a government that bubbles Clintons and Bidens to the top we've solved the "problem" of power consolidating?
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Or want others ruled & shepherded to feel safe themselves.
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They want all those *other* people to be ruled and shepherded.
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