It’s important for sanity’s sake to remember that the bigots are a minority of Americans. They’re just a more reliable vote than the rest of us (and you can thank the Koch Brothers and John Birch Society for the multi-decade conspiracy that made this so.)
I believe that only a minority actively think of themselves as bigots.
But in addition to that extremely reliable and enthusiastic vote are a lot of allies who say things like "I'm not racist but...". Often followed by "I just happen to have totally non bigoted reasons to always vote with the bigots".
Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy
by FireBeyond on Monday May 05, 2025 @12:21PM
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Similar with many (not all!) libertarians.
Funny how they're always espousing Republicans as the way to go. Once upon a time, that may have made (some) sense, but the modern Republican party is ... "not very close" ... to libertarianism.
Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy
by opwieurposiu on Monday May 05, 2025 @01:05PM
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If agents of the state expend most of their of their energy fighting against each other, they will have little time left to spend on attacking the people.
Therefore in a two party rule, libertarians should do what they can to pit one arm of the government against the other. Sometimes this will mean voting D, and sometimes R, whichever better disrupts single party rule.
Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy
by FireBeyond on Monday May 05, 2025 @11:08PM
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> Therefore in a two party rule, libertarians should do what they can to pit one arm of the government against the other. Sometimes this will mean voting D, and sometimes R, whichever better disrupts single party rule.
They "should", but somehow they always seem to find themselves voting R...
Even now they are finding that the Constitution does not in fact allow civil rights, and the Civil Rights Act is being pared away.
You can call it out by whatever name you want, but in the end a lot of Americans want that and you don't have the overwhelming political force required to override them.
The one small upside: they'll tell you that you're only making it worse by name calling. That's not actually true. It may not make things better, but it is not the cause of it. Arguing about words is just a common tactic to get you to stop talking about the actual subject.