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Thread #129663 Message #2916725
Posted By: Stringsinger
29-May-10 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Rand Paul. Any thoughts?
Subject: RE: BS: Rand Paul. Any thoughts?
The irony of Libertarianism is that there is no historical example to show that it ever worked. In fact, when applied by Greenspan or Milton Friedman, it has been shown to fail. Keynesian economics however worked quite well during the Roosevelt Administration.
Paul made a disquieting remark about Christianity calling it "the basis of our society" and that "We wouldn't need Government If everyone were Christian." It appears that this is the Libertarian right-wing equivalent of Sharia Law.
Rand Paul, I will go further, represents the kind of collective "individualism" that spawned a dictator with a 2% popularity in the Thirties in Germany to a full-blown national acceptance.
Some say "it can't happen here" but with all of the gun-toting at the respective "Pee Parties", don't count it out.