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by senectus1
3403 days ago
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This is the US.
Its a miserable place to etch out a living for the lower middle class, to top that off they hand out to EVERYBODY in positions of power nothing but "Hammers" in their toolkits. This leads to every single problem looking like a nail to them. The US is eating itself alive, nothing short of a Bernie Sanders style revolution is going to slow this process down. |
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Or, to provide a counter point, a Libertarian revolution.
And I don't mean Trump's bastard version of Libertarianism that just means removing regulations from companies.
I mean the kind that lets people or all color, religion, sex, orientation, and place or origin live their life free and keep the money they earn.
Under a Libertarian system border agents that overstep and infringe on the liberties of people (citizens or not) would be taken to task. And if we treat the environment as the commons, it would certainly be better for the environment than under Trump as well. [1]
The poor would be helped in this scenario because instead of being thrown in jail for drug abuse it would be treated as a public health issue. And predatory government welfare programs (ones designed to keep you on them forever rather than help you get on your feet) would be gone. Under Sanders those would increase.
Now the "Libertarian Utopia" has it's drawbacks. I'm not going to pretend it is all roses. But I think it would be better for everyone than a Bernie Sander's style revolution and definitely better than Trump.
[1] Example: Trump removed regulation from coal companies wanting to pollute the water. But a principled Libertarian could argue that such pollution infringes on the liberties of those who have to drink from or have wells that get fed from that water. Likewise, if a company wants to build a pipeline through your land and you say no, it's not happening sorry, find somewhere else to put your pipeline.