tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post1118164542342760852..comments2024-01-13T07:38:36.064-05:00Comments on Target Liberty: Trump's Role in the Advance of SocialismRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-64008937600751993702018-10-11T23:19:09.864-04:002018-10-11T23:19:09.864-04:00It’s fun watching Trump troll the leftists but “go...It’s fun watching Trump troll the leftists but “good as it’s going to get,” Really? Trump is complaining about Powell’s Fed interest rate increases like he doesn’t know how the system works. He looks silly when the bankers ignore his tweets about the stock market and show him who’s in charge.The Liberty Economisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03149742511769767533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-82313172436726804372018-10-09T07:36:29.902-04:002018-10-09T07:36:29.902-04:00Trump is imperfect but this as good as its going t...Trump is imperfect but this as good as its going to get. If the gets elected for another four years, that might hold the country together. Trump did roll back a lot of Obama era crap that was strangling business. Trump is doing some questionable things with the tariff issue and NAFTA issue. Trump has made some notable pardons. He has been great for trolling the leftist and letting them show The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-33044756656914273982018-10-08T17:53:44.100-04:002018-10-08T17:53:44.100-04:00But you overlook a key component of modern lolbert...But you overlook a key component of modern lolbertarianism, which is Eutopia. If you can't have an end to the state all at once then you are supporting evil because reasons.Paul Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529337751567208336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-49121164660016661202018-10-08T01:00:04.230-04:002018-10-08T01:00:04.230-04:00Then, move to Fairbanks... plenty of room for you ...Then, move to Fairbanks... plenty of room for you here Robert, should the commie Bay Area become dangerous. Well, more dangerous.Joshua Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314841330994831499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-77273114933865607162018-10-07T22:48:00.068-04:002018-10-07T22:48:00.068-04:00Yeah, he is destroying GOP credibility but by chas...Yeah, he is destroying GOP credibility but by chasing kids into the arms of the socialists.<br /><br />Where have you seen any opposition to Trump being a big government guy? Not happening. Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-24153704800418858132018-10-07T21:57:01.180-04:002018-10-07T21:57:01.180-04:00You say under Hillary there would have been opposi...You say under Hillary there would have been opposition to expanding government...where would that opposition have come from, your imagination? Voting for Trump was a roll of the dice, that is all. Trump said things that were anti-establishment which was better than Hillary's rant. I think most knew that Trump had no solid base. He was all over the place philosophically from the get-go, therevolutionwashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499001663119464576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-85755714195242014652018-10-07T21:11:36.664-04:002018-10-07T21:11:36.664-04:00While I generally agree with RW on this, I don’t t...While I generally agree with RW on this, I don’t think you have to invoke any kind of strategic justification for why Trump is problematic for liberty. Rather, the much more immediate and serious problem is that he’s bad for liberty because he advocates for and implements big-government, statist policies.<br /><br />It’s probably true that Trump is turning some towards socialism, but there are Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-42957181428399853332018-10-07T20:31:23.921-04:002018-10-07T20:31:23.921-04:00its crystal why you are venting your spleen on thi...its crystal why you are venting your spleen on this RW ... I really is. What flabbergasts me about this shift is no one ever discusses the clear trend of public education being solely culpable for the dumbing down of the current young generation and the seed planting of socialism.<br /><br />The fact that no one yells for heads of these false educators is the biggest mystery of my boomer Shegottawideloadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752677440246325222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-45996669322612822472018-10-07T20:20:46.171-04:002018-10-07T20:20:46.171-04:00thats true but they weren't 22 trillion bucks...thats true but they weren't 22 trillion bucks in the hole then. <br />My bet is they think that having two camps fighting each other over irrelevancies, will be great for them and their special interests Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-23035591458287927402018-10-07T17:52:31.740-04:002018-10-07T17:52:31.740-04:00Mr. Wenzel - you've had a very interesting ana...Mr. Wenzel - you've had a very interesting analysis of the Trump phenomenon and were very prescient in predicting how Trump's rise would snuff out the remains of Ron Paul's movement shortly after Trump announced his candidacy in 2015. One interesting anecdote I'd like to share - in 2008 when Ron Paul was running his presidential campaign, I often spoke excitedly about him to my ChadThrustingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13983384954841763039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-46390176385000476352018-10-07T17:00:11.334-04:002018-10-07T17:00:11.334-04:00When the (borrowed) money runs out and the dollar ...When the (borrowed) money runs out and the dollar is no longer the reserve currency... Then!Rebel Wophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251362573831806976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-24291272899084285892018-10-07T16:31:40.464-04:002018-10-07T16:31:40.464-04:00Robert, were you making these same points when Bus...Robert, were you making these same points when Bush Jr. got elected instead of Al Gore? Did you think then that this killed the opposition to big government? Were you disappointed in libertarian opposition to Bush Jr.? Given that both Bush and Trump are big-government, crony-capitalist GOPers (is there any other kind?), I'm trying to understand if your point is that there is something The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-9443322176798816262018-10-07T15:32:07.490-04:002018-10-07T15:32:07.490-04:00👍👍Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-49317876548081084402018-10-07T15:02:31.098-04:002018-10-07T15:02:31.098-04:00I mean keep your powder dry literally, but as a co...I mean keep your powder dry literally, but as a course of promoting immediate survival, not for awaiting any “libertarian” revolutuon. Massive social unrest is coming. The population has been dumbed down; they can’t even grasp the arguments of Hazlitt and Block, you’d better forget about them picking up Mises and being converted. They run on emotion, on grievance. Mr. Wenzel, you live in theDaniel Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069089469126157748noreply@blogger.com