Oh, I live in a hotbox of hatred down here. Fortunately, there's a good bit of a counter-culture alive and well in Tucson.
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I have a British emigrant friend who lives in Phoenix who's said similar things—that it's not all GOP cryptofascists :o)
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Ha! Actually, lots of Libertarian leaning folks out here. On paper, I like Libertarian ideals. As it is here, not so much.
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Yeah, small-government I can understand. But libertarianism as generally seen seems to be more about right-wing economics and >
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< screw the disadvantaged. All the bad things about anarchism, just with a tax-paid screen of protection for the rich
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As with every "ism" what is the ideal and what is realized can be completely dissonant. The human paradox. What's left?
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Indeed. Hence my support for Elizabeth Warren / Bernie Sanders socialism, but with *a little* pragmatism to get things through
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I like them both but admit that I don't like seeing Bernie getting bitter and Warren's intelligence distracted by Trump fights.
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Agreed, on both points. I voted for Corbyn as Labour leader here, our nearest Bernie equiv, but I'd vote Hillary there, per >
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< for the same reasons @kurafire mentions here: medium.com/@kurafire/why-im-…, mainly
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Interesting. I have reservations about Clinton. She could lead us down a very dangerous path also. I don't trust her.
Jun 9, 2016 · 11:08 AM UTC
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