[ExI] Piker

[Keith Henson]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 29 October, 2026 1:36 PM
> *To:* spike at rainier66.com
> *Cc:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Piker
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> *>…Spike, you didn't answer me. Do you think **McEntee is somebody the
> Republicans should be proud of? Would you be proud of John McEntee if he
> was a registered member of the Libertarian Party? *
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> *John K Clark*
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> *I don’t know John, ask a republic, if you know any.*
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> *If McEntee had been a Libertarian, I still wouldn’t know who it is.  How
> many internet followers does he have?  I am not one of them.  I will offer
> that Libertarians have personalities like that.  That’s why our conventions
> never go anywhere.*
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> *Piker is relevant in that he has a huge following, and he is actively
> campaigning with candidates El Sayed and Cortez.  His constitution rant was
> in response to someone reminding him that socialism is not constitutional.
> I can easily imagine a more diplomatic response than the one he offered. *
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I am not the least sure what socialism is in this context, but I am certain
it is not mentioned in the Constitution. Are income tax, social security,
unemployment payments socialism? I suppose from the Libertarian viewpoint
they are, but they are widely supported by non Libertarians.

Keith

*spike*
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