Oddbean new post about login | logout @6d6ec790 This is a great photo. Too bad he’s a right wing nut…🥸
@f0f121ac AKA a Ron Paul Libertarian.
@f0f121ac >Rand Paul is a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and a member of the Republican Party. He identifies as a libertarian conservative and is particularly known for his commitment to limited government, fiscal conservatism, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. Paul has been both praised and criticized for his stances, and like many political figures, he is polarizing.
@f0f121ac >Some of his critics, particularly from the left side of the political spectrum, might label him as extreme or use derogatory terms like "right wing nut." Conversely, his supporters see him as a principled defender of the Constitution and individual rights.
@6d6ec790 is there a good reason he’s in there smooshing with the fascist anarchists? 🤔
@f0f121ac you means the Populist Nationalist (which is really what they are). The same reason why RJKJr, Jimmy Dore, Tim Pool, Russel Brand, Greg Greenwald, Tulsi Gabbard, and even Tucker Carlson is: there is nowhere else to go in the Two Party system in America. The Dems are ideologically Neolib and have their marching orders and their talking points memos and it has no space for either Nationalists or Populists. Do you agree? If you're Nat or Pop there's only YT and Fox and Podcasts.
@6d6ec790 what you’re saying is that in 2 party America the only place to go to be different is by breaking bad, cheating to win, disenfranchising voters, and becoming arch enemies of the Constitution and civil rights, tearing down the federal government and starting over with a system designed to allow them to hold power by pure force. And Trump , the megalomaniac of our time, is their spiritual leader.
@f0f121ac You walked right into this one: The Republicans say this about the Democrats to, verbatim, ironically: >"In 2 party America the only place to go to be different is by breaking bad, cheating to win, disenfranchising voters, and becoming arch enemies of the Constitution and civil rights, tearing down the federal government and starting over with a system designed to allow them to hold power by pure force" But with: "And Biden, the megalomaniac of our time, is their spiritual leader"
@f0f121ac The fact that all y'all are saying the same extact thing about all y'all just makes me feel happy that America's fine, happy, healthy, safe, stable, and the rest is just Extremist Partisan Politics. Phew.