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Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:56:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> > <snipping>
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> > (BTW, before I start, SCLC was the movement originally led by Martin Luther
> > King, Jr. - the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.)
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> Thanks - I just never connect the initials to the group. :-)
No problem. I wouldn't know myself, if I hadn't just ended a year with an
excellent U.S History class. :-) My teachers, both this year and last, were
really amazing and I doubt I will forget what I learned any time soon.
> It's a pretty good analogy that isn't quite right. Libertarians tend to be
> white, male, and middle-to-upper-middle class. That isn't rich. Shouldn't
> the rich be Libertarians if your analysis is correct?
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> But they aren't, so you have to wonder why - the rich *do want* government
> for primarily the same reason as the poor (to protect their interests). For
> example, why do the poor need an expensive military? They don't: the rich
> need it to protect their overseas investments. The rich and poor both want
> government, but to different ends. Middle, and especially upper-middle
> class, don't need the social supports that the poor want, nor the power
> supports the rich need. White males need the civil rights support the
> least. And there we have the Libertarian Party: white, male, middle to
> upper-middle class, the least in need of government.
Hmmm. Very good point.
But I bet Bill Gates ain't happy with the U.S. government nowadays. ;-) And
he's rich. ;-)
-Shiri
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| (...) Thanks - I just never connect the initials to the group. :-) (...) It's a pretty good analogy that isn't quite right. Libertarians tend to be white, male, and middle-to-upper-middle class. That isn't rich. Shouldn't the rich be Libertarians if (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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