Q & A

Q: Do you think the USA will ever become truly libertarian?

A: The short answer is no.

The long answer is that liberty requires a certain level of intelligence, character, and responsibility from the citizens. A reading of history shows that the masses have never been this advanced. This is because as much as free trade and liberty benefit people, they would rather steal than trade. You get more production from a hired man than from a slave, but people chose to keep slaves. Similarly, you get more wealth from capitalism, but people still opt for socialism and the welfare state.

I think people can change. Slavery did end. Soviet communism was rejected. But even as they were ending Prohibition, they were outlawing marijuana and other drugs. People learn the lessons and then promptly unlearn them. Often, they hold completely opposing viewpoints such as that Tea Party shithead who yelled out for the government to keep their hands off his Medicare.

Asking me if there will be a move towards liberty in America is akin to asking me if I think there will be an outbreak of intelligence among the masses. That is never going to happen. So, why do I bother with this liberty stuff? The answer to that is simple. I like being smarter than this nation of shitheads. I enjoy heaping abuse and ridicule on idiots. In short, blasting these fools is good fun.

The world is stupid. I am better than the world. I know that you can't get something for nothing. I know that you can't build a prosperous society on theft and looting. I know that you can't ever control what people think or say or want to do with their lives. I also know that you can't take a fool and make him smart. Fools have only one advantage, and that is the power of sheer numbers. But the joke is on them because even with their numbers, shit never seems to go their way. The more they loot the less they have.

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