<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1698960055573819005"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_1698960055573819005WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <br></span></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> John Clark <<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 29 October, 2026 1:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Piker<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">>…Spike, you didn't answer me. Do you think </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">McEntee<span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"> is somebody the Republicans should be proud of? Would you be proud of </span>John McEntee<span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"> if he was a registered member of the Libertarian Party? </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">John K Clark<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">I don’t know John, ask a republic, if you know any.<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">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. </span></b></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">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.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Keith<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1698960055573819005"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_1698960055573819005WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1698960055573819005gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Tahom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