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Originally Posted by Buster
The Libertarian "base", if you can call it that, was quite upset at the Johnson/Weld ticket, as they are far too mainstream and conventional in their views. They are not radicals at all.
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It's the standard problem with zealots. The Libertarian base are even more extreme than the GOP's or Dems' hardcore voters, because it's a niche, cultish party rather than something mainstream.
I do think that if you ask most people a bunch of questions about how they think government should function, they're going to have a lot of libertarian views - just moderated to take into account that no idealized political theory works in the real world without compromising to some extent and diluting the puristic interpretation.
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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Meh, simpleton to me means someone who views life in very simple terms and can't handle complex ideas or realities with multiple correct viewpoints depending on the circumstances.
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See, you say this, and then you suggest that being an idiot and an idealist are ultimately the same thing. Who's oversimplifying complex realities? Listen to that interview and he's talking about the potential for a bond market collapse as a basis for why he thinks the current model of government spending is untenable - I'm not sure I agree but it's hardly a simplistic economic view.