The people who want smaller and limited government are in the permanent minority. The Republican Party is toast, too. It’s going to be in the permanent minority as well. There’s a reason why the Democrats don’t secure the border, want amnesty, oppose voter ID laws, buy votes with money, expand the power and scope of the federal government, etc. There’s no fixing the U.S. There’s no come-from-behind libertarian revolution in the future. It is not possible to make enough converts to stem the tide, much less reverse it. Even though the houses and Oval Office are the same, we are in much worse shape now than we were before this awful election.
Accumulate capital, invest in emerging markets, and reduce your dependence on the dollar so you can leave when the time is right.
“There’s no fixing the U.S. There’s no come-from-behind libertarian revolution in the future. It is not possible to make enough converts to stem the tide, much less reverse it. Even though the houses and Oval Office are the same, we are in much worse shape now than we were before this awful election.”
Why not? And I firmly believe that the Obama winning was better than the alternative for a libertarian future.
I hate to break it to you, but the people who want smaller and limited government have always been in the minority. Maybe with the rise of the internet we have a chance.
WIth death, taxes, regulations, and eventual socialization of the economy?
Cool story bro. Private investment gonna drop like a rock from now on with this new continental peoples democratiK nationalist socialist soviet of the most serene communitarian states of america.
Smack me for i am a pessimist. I doubt its going to get any better.
Maybe I should rephrase that. The people who want an ever-increasing federal government with the attendant police and welfare states are in the preponderance.
The battle for hearts and minds was already won by those who favor the State centuries ago. That debate was won, the only question now is what games they decide to play with society’s wealth.
The economy may be on the verge of disaster, but if the conspiracists are right, TPTB are smart enough to not unknowingly let the entire structure collapse.
If anything the future will be not like 1984, but more like the movie Brazil with the population and mindset of Brave New World: a third-world economy where we are the bitch, and we love it.
What, that approximately 50 percent of voters support someone advocates government intervention over someone who can’t express their ideas and who is perceived as a corporate dog? What would have been revealed if Romney had won?
It is exactly that Obama’s policies WON’T WORK. And that things will get worse, and be more associated with big government.
We will see a whole generation that has never known a popular president or government, and has seen leaders from both side of the isle fail time and time again. What more could we hope for to lead to more despair over government? What more could we ask for in an attempt to destroy the two party system than this?
Enter the capitalist class. My suggestion is become a landlord with a longterm goal of becoming a commercial real estate landlord. I have family that has done it, and if you don’t have a passion for a certain profession, go for that one. It’s my plan to use my profession to become a landlord in a few years. It will take a while to save up for a down payment, but I’m going to do it.
The downside is the amount of regulations even landlords face. But if you are savvy, those regulations are not a problem. Anyway, he doesn’t have to be a landlord, there are other ways of becoming a capitalist. I think that’s probably the easiest one but it also doesn’t have the highest rewards. For most people it could be a good supplementary income.
Although I think it’s best for the long run, I feel sorry for the soon-to-retire like my father. Although I really doubt Romney would even make it better in the short run, Obama will definitely make it more difficult for those trying to save for retirement.
You’re being excessively hopeful. You can only find such a narrative in fiction. The Democrat Party found a way to perpetually replenish their big government leeches.
just goes to show how womens suffrage was bad bad bad, same with suffrage for blacks. just think how small government could be if just thoese property owning whites voted?
That will only happen when libertarians get better rhetoric. Let’s be honest, libertarian rhetoric is awful and fails utterly at convincing the proles. The upper class Court of Opinion will always win in this regard with the intellectual majority on their side.
The only thing that would change that is if the middle class completely disintegrates.
If TPTB are supposedly that smart and clever, they would never overtly call for some planned economy or total nationalization. I still don’t see a 1984 future. Europe would have to turn into that first before the Anglosphere would follow.
You do realize that there’s no prescription in the Constitution for who can vote, right? The amendments only state the conditions that cannot be used as a basis for being ineligible to vote.