Vivick Ramasmarmy is the lovechild of Elon Musk and Milton Friedman's undead ghost.
The real world consequences of fascism (DeSantis) or libertarianism (Ramaswarmy) are a matter of nuance, IMO. Both ideologies produce F'ers - clearly. These F'ers (Fanatical Fringe Factions) commit the same crimes, but differ on the strategy used to do so.
Vivick Ramasmarmy is the lovechild of Elon Musk and Milton Friedman's undead ghost.
The real world consequences of fascism (DeSantis) or libertarianism (Ramaswarmy) are a matter of nuance, IMO. Both ideologies produce F'ers - clearly. These F'ers (Fanatical Fringe Factions) commit the same crimes, but differ on the strategy used to do so.
As Thom illustrated, fascists takeover existing administrative entity's (ie, government) and reshape them to acquire power and wealth for their F'ers.
Libertarians abolish existing administrative entity's (that's right, gubmint again) and replace them with illegitimate privately operated shams to acquire power and wealth for THEIR F'ers.
For you and I and everyone else not invited to the palaces of fascist/ libertarian overlords - poverty and political impotence will abound. Same end, different route.
I must say, Vivick put on quite an audition Wednesday night. Not for We, the human people - but for the self-anointed kings he hopes to carry water for. Our reviled cartel of anti-Amercan billionaires certainly heard his message, and more troubling, know full well it was for their ears only.
I'd expect a nontrivial amount of heisted cash to find its way into a very smarmy campaign.
Vivick Ramasmarmy is the lovechild of Elon Musk and Milton Friedman's undead ghost.
The real world consequences of fascism (DeSantis) or libertarianism (Ramaswarmy) are a matter of nuance, IMO. Both ideologies produce F'ers - clearly. These F'ers (Fanatical Fringe Factions) commit the same crimes, but differ on the strategy used to do so.
As Thom illustrated, fascists takeover existing administrative entity's (ie, government) and reshape them to acquire power and wealth for their F'ers.
Libertarians abolish existing administrative entity's (that's right, gubmint again) and replace them with illegitimate privately operated shams to acquire power and wealth for THEIR F'ers.
For you and I and everyone else not invited to the palaces of fascist/ libertarian overlords - poverty and political impotence will abound. Same end, different route.
I must say, Vivick put on quite an audition Wednesday night. Not for We, the human people - but for the self-anointed kings he hopes to carry water for. Our reviled cartel of anti-Amercan billionaires certainly heard his message, and more troubling, know full well it was for their ears only.
I'd expect a nontrivial amount of heisted cash to find its way into a very smarmy campaign.
And... 23 hours later, this:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/vivek-ramaswamy-elon-musk-presidential-adviser