[ExI] [Extropolis] libertarians

[spike at rainier66.com]

> On Behalf Of Keith Henson via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] [Extropolis] libertarians

>...The interesting thing is not about Trump himself but the cult following he has.
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>...The worst part of understanding human psychological traits is that there does not seem to be a thing you do about the situation.

Keith



Hi Keith, all of this, I agree.

But there is another dimension to all this which is critically important, seldom getting mentioned.  Well before the current front runner was making his breezy cultic speeches, we saw a comment by his opponent which included the phrase "...if the prosecutor's not fired, you're not getting the money..."

We knew that was illegal as all hell.  Neither the VP who uttered that comment nor the POTUS has the authority to do that.  Congress makes that call, and it didn't carry any conditions about prosecutors being fired.  We could not and still cannot explain that by any other plausible means besides bribery.  Americans were not aware of the bribery allegations at the time, but we are aware of them now, and now it all makes sense.  We don't know for sure why he did it, but we know the leading explanation.  So it isn't so much that 2016 voters were fans of the guy who won.  But we cannot and will not vote for anyone under any circumstances who committed a crime, then admitted it on video.

Part of being (my brand of) libertarian is wanting fewer laws, along with stricter, more consistent application of the laws that do remain.  We know, and knew at the time, that the quid pro quo was illegal, never mind the still-unproven bribery motive.

spike