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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
Anarcho-Socialists, Anarcho-Syndicalists, various sorts of Georgist, any of these ring a bell?
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You mean, generally, libertarian socialists? They're not against taxation, per se, but would rather taxes be made equitable via a single tax on the value of land. Though most socialists are supportive of progressive taxation.
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Wait! I thought you said he was a libertarian? How can he possibly have been both? Do you even know what a populist -is-, and what positions they've taken in the past? I'll give you a starting point from my own native home, one Huey P. Long.
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Can you explain to me why or how a libertarian cannot take a populist position?
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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
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This is also deserving of outrage. We should be outraged about violence as a part of political discourse regardless of the political stripe. Violence neuters politics and turns it into sensationalism, often feeding off of militaristic nationalism if not jingoism.
I don't find the outrage interesting; I find it necessary, considering America is the kind of country that requires it before change can happen. America is not a country that responds to much below the threshold of anger.