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| Subject: Supposedly, The Coming Socialist-Libertarian Feudalism Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:51 pm | |
| Wishful thinking among many libertarian and socialist idealists is that an alliance might form between them. After all, members of both ideological camps believe that anything goes when it comes to sex and drugs, neither of them believe in national borders, and both are repelled by conservative ideologues.
The problem with such an alliance of idealists, of course, is that at the core, the socialist believes in big government and the libertarian believes in no government. No matter how you further define those core beliefs, they are incompatible. But the powerful special interests behind the libertarian and progressive movements, respectively, are not idealists, they are pragmatists. And in the dirty realm of real-world politics, socialist and libertarian elites have formed a powerful alliance.
Underscoring issues of personal liberty while ignoring the ultimate collision their worldviews portend, socialist and libertarian mega-donors back candidates and causes that share common immediate policy goals: the densification of American cities, mass immigration, alleged “free” trade, and a hands-off policy with respect to Big Tech monopolies.
Urban “densification” is one of the most transformative—and cruel—epic policy trends in American history. And hardly anyone is talking about it.
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/07/20/the-coming-socialist-libertarian-feudalism/ |
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