Star Trek: The Libertarian Edition 

As true as this is, we need to disregard this attitude so we can have Libertarians in power.

@@seanb6478 Agreed completely.

@@memunist5765 This comes with other problems that are potentially worse. I think the best way going forward is a prefered choice method.

@@memunist5765 Since when have politicians fulfilled their promises?

Wow this is really NICE for all of us to meet here ... #TheFirstOnesFree #THECRAZYONES SHE was on Your ballot ...

Its funny too cuz George Takei is actually gay

@@elgeneraldelnorte6145 Happy Birthday to George, on April 20th !

It's a gay fruit basket 😂

@@SeaJay_Oceans Am I the only one to find it ironic that George, & Adolf, share the same month, & day, of birthdays?

@@elgeneraldelnorte6145 the only thing wrong is he doesn't support them making sulu gay

Best line

A red shirt should have suddenly appeared out of nowhere to go flying over the trailing

That was brilliant!😂😂😂😂😂

@@RockOfLions there actually was one lol just gone so fast you might not notice :D If you watch on the left right when he starts shouting, you'll see a redshirt go flying XD

I laughed out loud at that

Great spot!

Indeed.

Same here lol

We (fans) thought so too. But Joss Whedon went off his rocker.

that's Space Quest

That's Star Wars

The show seams that way because it's about civilians but the alliance in fire fly is straight up fascist. If Star Trek followed civilians you would see that the Federation is as libertarian as anything. The federation is just military and science exploration as far as the shows indicate. It's unclear if they have any authority over civilians. It's like if the US cut the government down to just the military. There is no indication of nationalization and it seams people own private property. It's post scarcity money is just not very relevant.

@@acendiatmedia8747 In Firefly the alliance are the bad guys. In Star Trek, labor is still clearly used, and still scarce. So its not post-scarcity in the strictest sense. They don't make those Galaxy class cruisers in replicators. Someone has to actually build and maintain them. So I think that Firefly is still more libertarian.

MrHatoi I don’t get it.

Of course

@@kristiankepley5944 420 is code for marijuana

Awesome

Thanks to Gary Johnson I now know where Aleppo is, but despite what the talking heads said, I still don't care what is going on there. As George Washington said, beware of entangling alliances.

MetaSimian, I knew, but I’m kind of a nerd about geography and archeology. I didn’t care that Gary was caught off guard or whatever because he probably knew all the governors of the six Mexican border states, perhaps from in-person meetings. That’s more important information for a US president.

What is Rand/Massey for 2024 Alex.

@@brookeking8559 and then we found out he didn't....

SPACE ... the Final Front Ear... not forgetting Davy Crockett... who had a strange growth.... known as the Wild Front Ear.

Exactly what I did, by voting for that red-haired shole in 2016

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l7l9QmtiXHU.html

Wrong series tho.

**Wilhelm-Scream.mp3**

Is there another kind

Itsmeeman1 And that makes it ok? I don't care if it was Hitler's wedding...it's still bs.

William Brown I was just pointing out that it's actually happened in real life. Nothing more.

Itsmeeman1 well yeah, it does happen in real life. And that's awful.

@@hiro2protagonist obama bombed a weedding its a reference to it

@@KzLIshKenChe yeah, that’s why I said it’s a great line. Bc it’s a sad but true thing. By 2013 we’d already bombed 8 wedding parties.

It's not like he was busy doing anything else.

@@johnlittle3430 911, we have a burn victim

Well how about the Greeks who liked their grapes. Oh wait that doesn't work. What about sailors and their efforts to avoid scurvy? Oh wait that doesn't work either. No you're right.

I have a fruit bowl

nice 👍

Yes, it contains cured meats, heavily peated whiskey, fresh coffee and triple ply toilet paper.

Bowl of cherries is your safest bet, I think. Weird how so many fruits convey feminity or sexual undertones... I credit the Victorians and their "language of flowers" for this.

It only took five years for everybody to kind of be just like Well I guess it is

And now, it crashed and burned.

Yes

Probable glorifying (reason is libertarian)

Supposed to glorify, except Gary Johnson was a moron, so they shot their own foot off.

Why not both?

Neither could I

I thought it was funny

I thought it was hysterical.

Yes. Yes you were.

EndlessEtudes I fell off my couch 10 seconds in laughing my ass off.

yes. but i had to ignore itches..

How's this badboy holding up so far?

It's nice but I don't want to throw my vote away ;).

Isn't that a hallmark of good satire? Good satire has to be biting. Dare I use the word "offensive". If it's funny and creates political butthurtness it did all it had to.

The only thing about it which makes me butthurt is the TOS uniforms on the TNG set, lol.

Well, I will admit I voted for Hillary over Trump, and subsequently Trump over Biden, but that part of the video where "Kirk" stares dumbfounded at the two choices in the "unwinnable test", just about killed me from laughing so hard.😂😂😂😂

Meh. Like saying Mo was the smartest stooge.

Is that a population-adjusted 'highest'?

You want to pay down the debt, tell congress to stop overspending

The currency is worthless anyway, it's fiat guaranteed by government not gold silver or any other metal of worth

Net zero buildings, we came live underground leave the real-estate alone the animal population may recover without our intervening all the time.

lol

That's the dog food right? Lol.

This got an honest-to-god laugh out loud from me. Well played, sir.

That is a fair point given how often they show themselves to a prewarp culturr

There would be no conflict...if the Enterprise actually abided by the Prime Directive, there'd be no show worth watching.

So basically season 1 of TNG .

Third party.

I believe in Wrath of Khan, it was pointed out that Captain Kirk hacked the computer to avoid the no win scenario. :-)

>third party lmao

No-win for you maybe

JazukaiX = Clinton voter

RRW Can't...stop... Laughing!!!

my understanding is that ferengi were created as a counterpoint to the 'socialism' of STU but somewhat parodied/mocked re 'invisible hand' Market God with the ferengi rules of acquisition almost literally raising 'capitalism' to a cult/religion status with pseudo temples of "Mammon'.

kuriousitykat It's a great tease on how people have basically elevated capitalism to the god-like status it's been accredited with (I.E. Everyone who says it's absolutely the best system which can do no wrong, despite the dozens of economic crashes that have occurred directly because of capitalistic/libertarian ideals).

Nope, they were called the Mirror Universe episodes.

Are you stupid? No, let me rephrase before you answer: HOW stupid are you? I'm not even Libertarian, and even I realize that the mirror universe is as far from libertarianism as it's possible to get.

I do love how you guys insist on two party system; )

The fact that the cake issue is the forefront of all arguments against Gary Johnson makes me lose hope in humanity. It really would be good if an asteroid hit earth.

With all the things Trillary would do if elected, this is enough reason for you to write off Johnson?

I dunno, giving money to planned parenthood goes against all things libertarian. But Gary Johnson wants to do this? Like I said, I dunno, but seems against everything libertarians are supposed to stand for

Friday1970 Anything tax related is against the libertarian stance. I swear you social conservatives are gonna fuck up this movement.

No kidding right!? Hopefully they can nominate a full on anarchist so they can go back to getting 0.3% of the vote and can lose all the ballot access Johnson gets them so they can go back to using all the time, effort and money just to get on the ballot to get 0.3% of the vote again.

Ehh they are more anarchist/sovereign citizen types. It could be said they are anti globalist. But if you really dig into Star Trek is actually very libertarian.

It is supposed to point out the stupidity of the other two options. One option (trump) is clearly less bad but still shit. Edit To Add. Gary Johnson is not a Libertarian, please don't think him typical. At current he seems to be there to insure Hillary's election.

AKlover Out of curiosity, who is currently considered the most libertarian candidate?

***** Perhaps Johnson by a hair, and not much. Hard to know where Trump specifically falls on a given issue since his speeches are catered to 8th grade level educated people with no grasp of economics. Were he to sit down and be questioned by a bunch of historians and economists I think Trump would surprise a lot of people. Libertarianism is antithetical to virtually everything Hillary believes and stands for. Some people are too stupid to grasp the difference between a permissive lefty fascist and A true "Libertarian Leaner" ...........or they care about nothing other than smoking pot.

AKlover In short, we're not likely to see a true libertarian primary candidate in the near future, by the sound of it.

***** Will not matter. Real Libertarians are never going to be more than 5% of the population. Unless all of the sudden the federal and state governments go broke and lose their power to do violence. This happening would cause people to reassess what is in their self interest and overnight half the population becomes hardened capitalist Libertarians. The other fact is 95% white and 98% plus male. Go to a large gathering of Libertarians and you will likely question even the 2% female. Put 10,000 Libertarians in a room. Throw out the "Supportive Spouses, "Honey potters" working on behalf of a non-profit or business, and "breeder Wives" and what will be left is 3 female Libertarians. I wish I was exaggerating but I'm not.

pragmatism is sorely underrated, yet in all cases you have to work with what you got

The libertarian party has never been truly libertarian, and it literally can't be. This discussion has been going on even since it was founded.

'He's not libertarian enough' So they'd rather have a fascist dictator snake oil salesman or a complete communist Mao style chancellor? We either get V for vendetta or 1984. I don't get it man, it's a step in the right direction guys, and he can appeal to both sides and it'll be better than what we have now

+supersonic dickhead Pragmatism is severely overrated. It's the reason most people refuse to even consider third party candidates; mention libertarians, Green party, or whatever your particular favorite is, and you will get a funny look and an answer along the line of "Yeah, that'd be great, but get real. They'll never win." If less people wanted to be "practical," and just voted for the candidate they thought was best, we would have a much better shot of actually making a change. +Carlos A The term 'legal citizen' does not require a corollary term 'illegal citizen' to be valid. It simply clarifies the meaning of 'citizen' as a legal term, rather than other fairly common uses, like applying it to anyone who lives in a country.

Joel Henderson you could just as easily say being pragmatic means abandoning your partisan view and looking at a 3rd party if that 3rd party will get you closer to your goal.

No, no, no. It was: "What is a leppo?"

Let's be honest how many people actually knew what Aleppo was? Sure if you are in the House or Senate you probably get briefings but most people don't know the specific cities in Syria and didn't associate the conflict there with Aleppo!

Yes, Bob Barr sucks more than Gary Johnson. This doesn't mean that Gary Johnson doesn't suck because not sucking as hard as Bob Barr Isn't very hard.

maybe the LP needs to stop nominating republicans for the presidential ticket

They also need to quit pretending that their free market policies are congruent with actual liberty.

Fk that where were we for Ron Paul?

The LP hasn't run a good candidate since Harry Browne.

I agree, you are a simple man. :-)

I agree, Gary Johnson is a bullshit excuse for a libertarian.

him t your mom is

***** Well... - he's back and forth on "assault" rifle ownership. - he believes in federal gun control - he believes in political correctness - he believes "illegal immigrant" is an inflammatory term - he believes in anthropogenic global warming - he believes in taxing carbon emissions - he does not believe in religious liberty - he does not believe in freedom of association - he supports Black Lives Matter - he supports TPP - he politically sides more with Bernie Sanders than with any of the other conservative candidates - he supports mass importation and federal resettlement of refugees - as a Governor he nearly doubled New Mexico's debt. - he said Hillary Clinton was a great public servant

***** Are you kidding me? Most of those things he has said on video. For example, in terms of climate change he said, "I do believe climate change is occurring, that it is man-caused. One of the proposals that I think is a very libertarian proposal - and I'm just open to this - is taxing carbon emissions and may have the result of being self-regulating." video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000544595 If you think I'm a Trump supporter or am part of the alt-right, you're barking up the wrong tree. You know what they say about those that assume though. But yes, Bernie Sanders is an inflammatory term for me considering he is the biggest progressive politician to run for office since FDR. How about about you get your nose out of Johnson's ass-crack and take a look at his what is coming out of his mouth for a change?

no Joe Miller whose running for Senate in Alaska, is a LINO. Gary is practically an AnCap compared to him

He's running as a libertarian, but doesn't seem to understand the non-aggression principle, +Carlos A. That's. . . pretty significant.

Not everyone that understands the NAP has to be an anarchist

Statements like "people with brains don't do x" are for simpletons. So far, none of the NAP refutations I've read are even internally consistent, much less convincing.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. - Socrates

Nor do we need thirty types of deodorant!

I... think that was archive footage?

@@IoEstasCedonta Awww, man. If that's true, I'm pretty disappointed.

Has that ever happened? Because I never seen a doctor turn down anyone, perhaps you have.

Rebekah is Vulcan No, because there's laws against doctors refusing people care. Of course, in a libertarian society, the government would never exercise such an egregious misuse of power as to tell a doctor that he can't let someone die.

Charity hospitals exist and help millions. Even more before government got involved

The problem in the end isn't exactly cost to the person needing help, it's actual legitimate cost of the product offered. The person couldn't afford it in the United States. But could easily afford it in another "first world country" simply because the healthcare industrial complex hasn't run amok.

"Star Trek already has Libertarians. They're called Ferengi." Ha, ha. Newly issued Rule Of Acquisition: if anyone ever tries acquiring YOUR possessions through the use of force, find the nearest Klingon and tell him they said his mother has a smooth forehead. Problem Solved."

Andy Diehl you mean space Jews ?

Deep down, everyone's a Ferengi. Rule of Acquisition two hundred eighty four. No, really. It is. Look it up.

The ferengi are not libertarians. They are pure anarchists. there is a difference.

Ferengi are definitely not libertarian. Too many rules of acquisition.

34th rule of acquisition- war is good for business very libertarian mhm

Other people's wars.

35th rule of acquisition- peace is good for business

Libertarians aren't a race!

Still better than the other choices... plus it doesn't really matter who wins the election so you might as well vote for the best choice.

Johnson is closer to being a libertarian than Trump. You're idiocy is the reason Rand Paul and Ron Paul never got sufficient votes. No true scottsman bullshit means the status quo always wins.

No true Scotsman would call Gary Johnson a joke.

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I see what you did thar