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Ted Cruz is no libertarian
Magnaniman:
There are many facets and degrees of control. By voting, I can remove some of the ways in which I am being controlled and decrease the severity of some of the remaining controls over my life. Granted, that really only manifests in local venues, but it's a step in the right direction and it can have measurable, positive effects upon my life.
I see the Libertarian Party as a party of transition towards freedom, not the goal in and of itself.
MattATatTat:
I think we're on two totally different levels of thinking here and maybe it's getting lost in translation...
Let me ask you this...
"Can you delegate a right you don't have?"
Magnaniman:
The fact of the matter is that there are armed thugs patrolling every square mile of this country. Their job, immoral as it may be, is to prevent people from doing very many specific things, or punish them afterwards. I agree with you that this is a bad thing and it is not morally justifiable. Believing that, however, does not give me any sort of protection from those armed thugs.
Instead of doing nothing about it, or dying in a gunfight, I support anything that non-violently limits the amount or scope of the power being used against me.
I have a driver's license and have registered my vehicle with the BMV in my state. I haven't done that because I agree with it, but because I don't want to be harassed or shot dead over it. I view voting in the same way. Is it ideal? No. Can I use it to move the world closer to my ideals? Yes.
AndrewG:
I just can't follow that. Not that I lack the mental facilities to do so, I just can't. There is not one single person I can name anywhere withing 50 miles of me who is currently holding or running for public office who in any way represents my interests. No one, when elected is going to relinquish any of their power of office. I'm glad you have that belief to hold onto though.
Slow poke:
Well said
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