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Do You Know The Dark Origins Of The Libertarian Party?? (Original Post) ErikJ Aug 2016 OP
It would be more productive to concentrate on Don the Con and the Rethugs. Just sayin... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #1
I think you're missing the point. Did you watch the entire segment? YOHABLO Aug 2016 #2
A better subject head would be - dark origins of Ayn Rand philosophy - of which many repubs like Kashkakat v.2.0 Aug 2016 #4
libertarian party is an excuse for lazy certainot Aug 2016 #3
Libertarians are conservatives who smoke dope. Nitram Aug 2016 #5
and some of them think sex is okay certainot Aug 2016 #6
Libertarianism has been around for centuries. Nitram Aug 2016 #7
+1. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #8
 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
2. I think you're missing the point. Did you watch the entire segment?
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 11:06 PM
Aug 2016

The Media does not confront these individuals on the issues because it's to THEIR benefit to keep people stupid. Anderson Cooper should have confronted Gary Johnson and Bill Weld on the Libertarian platform. It is the same with the Republicans. We know where Trump stands. The Libertarians are just as bad.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
4. A better subject head would be - dark origins of Ayn Rand philosophy - of which many repubs like
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 08:28 AM
Aug 2016

Paul Ryan are adherents..... not only libertarians.

Thom Hartmann did a good job the other day telling the story - its quite chilling and Rand actually wrote admiringly of this brutal murderer and corpse desecrator.

Nitram

(22,803 posts)
7. Libertarianism has been around for centuries.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 09:07 AM
Aug 2016

The term includes socialist, capitalist, pacifist and other variations. I'm not a libertarian, but I object to reducing the entire concept to Ayn Randism.

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