โฒ 7 โผ What is your preferred political ideology, and why? (lemmy.ml) submitted 5 months ago by obamacares@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments I start: I'm mostly left-libertarian I used to be a "normal" libertarian (aka right-libertarian) but I started to realize corporations are probably just as bad as the government, if not a mirror image.
[โ] obamacares@lemmy.ml [S] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children) which political philosophy did they hijack? also what does "right shill" mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago The libertarian party in the US is basically the GOP by another name (think fascist Spain as it related to Nazi Germany). Here is the worst example http://politicsthatwork.com/voting-record/Rand-Paul-412492 "But when someone is said to be shilling for something or someone there is a distinct note of disapproval, and often the implication that the act is somehow corrupt or dishonest, or that the product or person being promoted is not to be trusted." permalink fedilink source parent [โ] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago Murray Rothbard (who is among the most influential in right wing libertarianism) started using the term "libertarian" to hijack it from Joseph Dejacque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_D%C3%A9jacque who was an anarcho-communist permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago The libertarian party in the US is basically the GOP by another name (think fascist Spain as it related to Nazi Germany). Here is the worst example http://politicsthatwork.com/voting-record/Rand-Paul-412492 "But when someone is said to be shilling for something or someone there is a distinct note of disapproval, and often the implication that the act is somehow corrupt or dishonest, or that the product or person being promoted is not to be trusted." permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago Murray Rothbard (who is among the most influential in right wing libertarianism) started using the term "libertarian" to hijack it from Joseph Dejacque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_D%C3%A9jacque who was an anarcho-communist permalink fedilink source parent