[ExI] Usages of the term libertarianism

[Kelly Anderson]

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Mirco Romanato <painlord2k at libero.it> wrote:
> Il 18/05/2011 08:54, Eugen Leitl ha scritto:
>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:13:28AM -0600, Kelly Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't lived in Europe, and from the sounds of it, I would not
>>> enjoy it one bit.
>>
>> At least you can drink a beer on the train, and nobody gives a flying
>> fuck.
>>
>> Seriously, you might find that theory and practice do differ,
>> in practice.
>
> I must agree with Eugen.
> from my knowledge of the US and how things work there, many laws, social
> programs and regulations would be considered completely insane.
> Affirmative Action?
> Food Stamps? Grocery Socialism. After WW2 they were scrapped, here.
>
> And, as Billk wrote, in many way the US have a form or Corporate
> Socialism, usually know as Fascism (the economics part is pretty the
> same as Communism, only the façade is different).
> Forcing the banks to give mortages to the poor (usually Blacks and
> Latino) because a law say so is Socialism. Never heard something like
> this here.
> NCLB (No Child Left Behind) is a shame. A social engineering for dummies
> from dummies by the dummies.

I am disgusted by all of these programs. As are a large number of
Americans. That's why we have this Tea Party movement, because
Washington has stopped listening to the public, and only to the
special interests. It is a damn shame, and very socialist.

I can imagine that similar bad government programs can be found in
every government in Europe (as well as the rest of the globe). I don't
have knowledge of them myself sufficient to list them, but I can't
imagine that they don't exist.

-Kelly