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A comment on Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy. Parent comment

Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy by jfengel on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:26PM (#43889721)
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".

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Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy by FireBeyond on Monday May 05, 2025 @12:21PM (#43896709)
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.

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Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy by opwieurposiu on Monday May 05, 2025 @01:05PM (#43897178)
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.

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Re:Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy by FireBeyond on Monday May 05, 2025 @11:08PM (#43901472)
> 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...

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