Dave Weigel reports on the correct metaphor for libertarianism, one proposed by the Kochenkinder themselves: a low-rent carnival.
There is nothing more libertarian than a carnival. Dilapidated, rust-eaten rides, child-molesting clowns one step ahead of the law, crooked games of skill -- run by people who loathe intrusive government regulation and accountability! Carnivals are like the staff of Reason, only with fewer freaks and morons on the payroll.
As Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch would say: You don't need to be this tall to ride David Koresh, but you must ride him, even if you don't want to.
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The few I've known all had some vice (weed, porn, whores) that the god botherers in the Republican Party view as moral laxity exclusive to their political enemies. All that personal liberty they claim as the keystone of their views might correctly be described as simple egomania. What most would call a personality disorder they call a philosophy.
There is nothing more libertarian than a carnival. Dilapidated, rust-eaten rides, child-molesting clowns one step ahead of the law, crooked games of skill -- run by people who loathe intrusive government regulation and accountability! Carnivals are like the staff of Reason, only with fewer freaks and morons on the payroll.
I'm still laughing 24+ hours later.
I'm with the libertarians on weed, porn and whores, not becaue I use them but because they are for the most part victimless crimes. But we still need government regulation to prevent sex trafficking, abuse of minors, etc., something the Randroids often ignore.
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