• KnitWit@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I don’t know why, but I always kinda got the libertarian vibes from him. His clip show or however you’d describe it just seemed off to me, like he was trying to sell people something.

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      They aren’t libertarians, they are setting up complete surveillance of the population, the exact opposite of libertarianism. They are technofascists, aspiring to be technofeudalists.

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        He’s not wrong though. Those who both call themselves libertarian and lean that way are big into MAGA shit. Source: used to work for libertarian think-tank in misguided days of yore and am still chilled by it all. But I get your point that they’re hypocrites/liars. Big-time creeps, some of them.

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          The libertarian party was long ago seized by the oligarchy that is very true. David Koch ran for president several times for them decades ago even. David was just a dumbass playboy to be sure, Charles Koch was/is the one running the evil empire of Koch Industries, but still.

          I would like to know more about this work with the think tank even if you probably don’t want to share the exact name, like what were they into? I know Cato actually is not all bad nowadays, there are a few issues they aren’t totally fucked on, for instance I think they came out against pretti’s assassination, what else, I forget.

          It’s a low bar obviously they are fucking tools don’t get me wrong.