[constantcrying]

>"anything the government does is socialism"

I thought republicans wanted to strengthen borders?

I do not follow US politics, but I never heard anyone advocating that taxation should be abolished. Seems a bizarre claim. Here in Germany parties publish the platforms they are running on, is there something similar in the US?

[defrost]

US Libertarians are against taxation and government

https://www.lp.org/issues/taxes/

https://www.lp.org/news-press-releases-libertarian-party-don...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_as_theft

[constantcrying]

Are the Libertarians and the republicans the same party?

[FrustratedMonky]

Lot of crossover.

Libertarians typically don't get a candidate into the election, so they end up voting Republican.

In the Venn Diagram, Libertarians are a sub-set of Republicans.

Republican views are also administration dependent.

If there is a Democratic President then Republicans think government is evil, socialist and place a high value on reducing the debt, reducing the size of government.

But if a Republican is president, then debt no longer matters, increasing spending on defense, walls, and having a 'strong government of law and order' is the priority. So debt is ok, and the bigger the gov the better. It's a bit schizophrenic.

[constantcrying]

Seems not that relevant to the subject.

[FrustratedMonky]

You asked? So it was relevant as an answer to the question.

But, agree, not relevant to the original story. Just a little.

The original story was about 'elites'. In the US, any conversation on that subject gets wrapped up in different opinions on who the 'elite's are, and if they are Socialist. One side thinks the 'elite's are Socialist, the other side think the 'elite's are corporate CEO's.

This thread digressed to the discussion of Socialism (not the academic definition), and I was just following along with that tangent.

[constantcrying]

>You asked?

About the republicans calling taxation socialism. Zero evidence of that.