• GreenMario
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    It’s literally “democracy = Democrats” and “a republic = republican” to them, simple as.

    The Democrats should rename themselves the “Freedom Liberty” party just to fuck with em. Take back some of their words.

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      This is great, call it the Patriot Party or something and talk about how government waste has turned “Citizens On Patrol” into a bunch of lazy, freedom-suppressing, union members.

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      We already have the Libertarian party, which is the actual Freedom Liberty party.

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        Libertarians are more interested in simping for our corporate overlords and removing the age of consent.

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          Nope that’s just the common Redditor’s prejudice against the party based on what they read on Reddit.

          I encourage you to read the actual party platform, which has none of what you described in it.

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            Some of us have had actual conversations with “Libertarians” and found them to be pretty much in-line with the comment. Not all of us spent our lives on a website.

            It’s always deregulate-fuck-you-i-got-mine sociopaths. Libertarians are about as realistic and level-headed as Anarchists. It’s great on paper or for a small group but once millions of people are involved the bad actors show up and ruin it for everyone.

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              Again, I refer you to the party platform. That is the only definitive thing that Libertarians as a party stand for.

              Your hearsay is irrelevant to that fact.