That's probably changing, too. Apparently the national party got taken over by the Trump-adjacent Mises Caucus. As soon as a Republican is in power they'll explain why this war is fine.
All I know is I see the libertarian bow tie dorks having a better voting record on foreign wars and imperialism than Sanders or any Democrat and it’s honestly so fucking pathetic. America is truly a cursed and hopeless land
Th contrast is interesting but looking from outside my impression is that american libertarians can afford to be principled on being anti war or in favor of drug liberalization because the coalition they are a part of is willing to give them everything else they want. A libertarian in congress voting against the war agenda is irrelevant, both to wether wars actually happen and to their own agenda. They don't need to sacrifice anything to get republicans to vote against worker's rights or anything else in the libertarian playbook. It's a stark contrast with the democratic party, where you have to play ball to get denied the bare minimum of social policy.
Right, it’s just an advanced form of the rotating villain tactic. Rotating hero. Everyone gets a turn to be good and principled on things that don’t matter or are overwhelmingly decided already
Damn, have to hand it to 'em on this one(1) thing.
I was gonna say “you don’t have to hand it to em” but the azov flag sent me lmao
It's a good touch, the rare good lolbertarian meme.
Have to hand it to them on being principled isolationists too, which is closer to anti-imperialism than Libs have ever managed
That's probably changing, too. Apparently the national party got taken over by the Trump-adjacent Mises Caucus. As soon as a Republican is in power they'll explain why this war is fine.
All I know is I see the libertarian bow tie dorks having a better voting record on foreign wars and imperialism than Sanders or any Democrat and it’s honestly so fucking pathetic. America is truly a cursed and hopeless land
Th contrast is interesting but looking from outside my impression is that american libertarians can afford to be principled on being anti war or in favor of drug liberalization because the coalition they are a part of is willing to give them everything else they want. A libertarian in congress voting against the war agenda is irrelevant, both to wether wars actually happen and to their own agenda. They don't need to sacrifice anything to get republicans to vote against worker's rights or anything else in the libertarian playbook. It's a stark contrast with the democratic party, where you have to play ball to get denied the bare minimum of social policy.
Right, it’s just an advanced form of the rotating villain tactic. Rotating hero. Everyone gets a turn to be good and principled on things that don’t matter or are overwhelmingly decided already