and if you think redistribution is a threat to freedom/liberty, you get around to the conclusion Trump is less of a threat to freedom than the Democrats are.
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I once wrote about Ayn Rand's version of this theory, which has left a deep imprint on the American right. My term for that belief system is "inverted Marxism"https://newrepublic.com/article/69239/wealthcare-0 …
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Marxists and Randians share in common a belief w/r/t democracy that their preferred economic system supercedes purely political rights.
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The GOP thrives on public ignorance for two reasons. First, it justifies limiting the franchise. Second, people leave the GOP as they move up the educational ladder.
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Get his ass
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You made no categorical distinctions here. Conservatives believe simply that democracy exists to defend freedom. It is a tool. I have no idea how you go from that to tax policy. We favor low taxes not because we're anti democracy but because it's good for the economy.
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This is grade A bad faith - if you broadly apply the principle of "majority rules" and subjugate freedom to it, the law of unintended consequences will eventually catch up with you. To argue otherwise is to change the subject.
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You burned that strawman good. So brave
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Didn't there used to be a zoom-call type thing called "talking heads" or "blogging heads" where you two could fight this out in real time? That would be cool to see.
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