A Frenchwoman, a Libertarian, and Joan of Arc walk into a bar..
It's not a joke!
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Hmm...I wonder if she'll actually make a mark
or will she be "burnt" like Joan of Arc? I hope she can add some balance to their philosophies over there. Personally, we need some of our own Libertarianism on this side, the whole system now caters excessively to business & pork. There needs to be some clean up. A balanced action. |
...and then they fall over, rubbing their heads!
God I crack myself up. Seriously though, it's good to hear some French having a new perspective of personal responsibility. |
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Ultimately, this is the key to success of any "third party" in this political system. Those libertarians who are elected gain recognition for their policies and their ideas. Momentum could carry their cause to much larger political offices, such as congressmen, senators, and governors. (LP website) Quote:
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I doubt she has much of a chance of changing the entrenched attitudes of the French. I think they have more distance to decline, and then I doubt her proscriptions for improvement will be heeded. I believe they will go off the deep end, regretfully.
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libertarians on the other side of the pond? no freakin way...
seriously, i wish this girl success. i'm concerned about the level of socialism among democracies in the world, including my own (US). |
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Choosing a leader for his ideas would be fine as long as this leader has no power whatsoever on other individuals but those who chose him. In fact I consider myself a Libertarian (and I'm french) and I do not consider this Sabine Herold representative of what I think, simply because the root of the libertarian philosphy simply doesn't allow any room for consensus in my eyes, If i agree to 99% of what she says and disagree on 1%, I can't say she's representative of my thoughts. And this simple fact disqualifies completely the whole "Libertarian Party" idea,a libertarian society cannot be democratic, cannot hold parties that fight eachother to get elected, in fact, noone gets elected to rule over a geographic part of the world in a Libertarian society, which brings us to the notion of "countries" that doesn't hold a penny in a libertarian society. All in all I think her whole thinking process is flawed, how can one be a libertarian and at the same time, want people to do something specific. How is it possible to create a libertarian party even more... Which makes me believe she's just another tool used by the extreme right nationalist party to grab the voices of the libertarian people (which are I think a vast majority in France as in any other country in the world).Next elections will tell anyway. |
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I think you might be confusing Libertarianism with anarchism |
No I think that Libertarianism is based on the fact that everyone is responsible for their acts and choices, that's the philosophy of liberty, therefore, other people's choices shouldn't affect my choices, the choices of the majority should not infrige on the choices of the minority.
And being born in a country is already a choice defining my background that I did not choose.Look at terminator, being born in Austria is not a choice for him, and that prevents him from being elected president. In a free choice society, you cannot be defined by the place you were born,you only are defined by the choices you take. The whole concept of country is flawed in a society of liberty because it creates a non choice situation. |
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I found it to be an interesting read too. I lived in the UK during Thatcher and I remember the time she had with Scargill and the coal minors union. It was out of control. Still is in a lot of ways, public sector employees and public sector unions are a disaster happening, everywhere, but especially in France these days. The unemployed go on strike in France. Every year. "Old Europe" indeed.
It's good to see that some are starting to realize and teaching others that change is needed. I got a real good chuckle out of this snipet from the article. Especially after reading an Editorial from Zuckerman in this weeks US News on education. Link, too long and not mundane enough to post entire thing. Quote:
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