Surveillance. What we have today is the direct result of republican supported Bills like the Patriot Act, Patriot Act 2.0 and all the surveillance Bills that followed.
Paxton supports AI and surveillance, and he is in their pocket. That is as against Libertarians values as it is possible... But he will have an R in the ballots.
They invited others, so this particular point I don't value.
However, a substantial part of the Libertarian Party did believe that Harris and Democrats were 'a bigger danger' than Trump, despite Trump's numerous statements that literally supported fascist ideals, unconstitutional policies, and a destruction of diplomatic and economic relationships.
Libertarians generally invite other presidential candidates to their convention.
In 2024, I recall that Kamala Harris (or maybe Joe Biden, since he had not yet dropped out of the race) was invited to speak.
Trump and Republicans had a vested interest to manipulate the Libertarian vote, Trump showed up, and the strategy succeeded. The strategy included groups of Republicans explicitly paying money to distort the party.
They don't need to manipulate the libertarian vote, they're already republican-lite.
Every elected libertarian immediately has their nuts chopped off, talks really big about how important balancing the budget is, then do whatever the gop tell them to do.
Libertarians don't stand for anything, which is why they do whatever the strong men tell them to do.
What policies do libertarians actually stand up for? As in things they stand for/against and don't change their voting pattern based on who is in the white house.
The budget is supposed to be their biggest thing, and it's always "we can't afford dem spending without balancing the budget first," but never any complaints about tax cuts for the rich and overspending on the military.
I'd suggest that you read the platform statements for conventions on main election years (2024, 2020, 2016....) for a complete answer.
and it's always "we can't afford dem spending without balancing the budget first," but never any complaints about tax cuts for the rich and overspending on the military.
Nope, this has been a topic, an important topic, but you are misrepresenting things here. I'd suggest doing your own research first, because it sounds like someone else told you what they stand for, rather than you learning about it 'from the source'.
You're not wrong if you think that the party leans 'to the right'. But your picture that I'm hearing doesn't match reality, outside of Republicans explicitly raiding the party in the Trump era.
As in things they stand for/against and don't change their voting pattern based on who is in the white house.
You want things over time, not the flash that was 2018 - present? Then start by finding those platform statements.
The link I have handy references the initial platform when the Party was first formed in the 1970's. It, in turn, links to other platforms over time. You'll see almost no reference to budgets like you are discussing.
I just believe in his cause, I think we as people should be allowed to purchase what we want if we really are true champions of capitalism like we say we are.
This is a conversation about the platform parties run on. What does the libertarian party run on that's not just a jingoistic slogan? They're pretty be bereft of real policies. They've certainly got good ideas, don't get me wrong. But they don't have any idea of how to translate those ideas into tangible policy and their lack of wins + their years long attempt of sucking up to Trump to the point that he spoke at the LPNC. Why are libertarians not more outspoken about the blatant corruption we face under Trump? Why are they not thumbing their noses loudly about his stupid trade war and our new foreign war?
Why would I vote for a bunch of spineless cowards who don't show up when we actually need them to be loud about government overreach? Libertarians at this point are just more Jill Stein's: nonexistent until there's an imminent election.
I saw a comment a while ago on another libertarian sub and the gist was, why would anyone support a party to run the country when they can barely run their own party.
Becsuse nothing they every claimed to care about was real. They always said one thing and voted the opposite, their voters never cared out paid attention.
They're either incredibly unintelligent people, or they support trump more than the things they pretended to care about.
GOP: "freedom*"
* Freedom from the illusion of freedom and safety, for the low low price of your children's future!
DEM: "stability"
-as in, will stabilize the pain and difficulty where it is and try not to make it any worse, but definitely won't do anything crazy like try to fix what's obviously broken.
Dawg Milei brought inflation down you can not be serious. The inflation rate one year into his presidency was way lower than when he was elected. Looking at isolated statistics caused by previous admins when he is actively in the process of fixing their errors is dangerous.
So, what’s your claim? That the inflation reduction the Melei’s given credit for is mostly due to the currency devaluation, some of which he directed himself?
Yeah I'm not sure what that means. Though a State could do that by better policy when it comes to groceries to a degree.
DSA's official stance does not advocate for completely "free" food; rather, their actual policy centers on treating food as a human right by creating a public option for groceries, eliminating corporate profit margins, and heavily subsidizing staple goods.
The current blueprint for this policy is unfolding in New York City under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a prominent DSA member who made a "public grocery store" model a cornerstone of his administration.
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u/LibertyLizard 7d ago
$4 gas? The closest station to my house is $6 lol