How is it that engadget would have such a Republican base? I don't get it. I guess I see a trend in its anti-Mac/anti-Obama rhetoric. Its like old white guys who like torture and their computers to fail read engadget?
I have found most people who call themselves Libertarians just want to get high and illegally download software/movies/music...so I guess you would be correct in your assumption and the demographic that engadget pulls in.
Being anti HUGE government doesn't make EVERYONE a Republican.. It just means intelligent (most of engadget's readers) are paying attention and see the writing on the wall. But hey, some people think the government running most of their lives is a good thing. Not me though.
I LIKE the idea of the government running our lives! Thinking makes my brain hurt.
Honestly though, the way people are explaining things in the comments thread so far, things would be no different. My life is still enslaved to a 9 to 5 job by health insurance, car insurance, mortgage, credit card companies, and utilities. "Freedom" was sold long ago. What people are talking about is just switching the owners from companies to government.
Maybe you need to get off the college campuses and talk to real Libertarians. You'd have to have no idea what Libertarianism is truly about if you believe that's who we really are. I won't deny there are people like that out there, but they represent the minority of Libertarians.
Libertarianism is about self-governance. It's about promoting individual liberties to their fullest extent. Legalization of marijuana is important because the act of smoking pot in the privacy of one's own home is almost never, ever harmful to anyone except the person doing the smoking.
Oh sure, it makes people lazy and parents who get high all the time might not take care of their kids. Well, under Libertarianism neglect would still be a crime since your actions would be directly impacting the life, and therefore the liberties, of another.
People will get high and start driving around on the roads like a maniac! Well, we already have DUI laws (some of which are extreme). Driving while under the influence of marijuana would be no different than driving under the influence of alcohol; the reason being that if your driving is impaired, under any substance, you pose a risk to others. No real Libertarian would want to be rid of (all) DUI laws.
And there's not a single Libertarian I've ever read who supports pirating entertainment. Anyone you know who claims to be a Libertarian and supports piracy is a liar, an idiot, or both. Piracy is digital theft; it's not exactly akin to physical theft like some commercials would like to make you believe, but it is theft all the same. No real Libertarian supports theft, whether physical or digital (though they may support changes in software licensing...but that's not the same thing).
If you want to learn more about Libertarianism, check out www.Reason.org, or www.cato.org. Both of those sites are really good.
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How is it that engadget would have such a Republican base? I don't get it. I guess I see a trend in its anti-Mac/anti-Obama rhetoric. Its like old white guys who like torture and their computers to fail read engadget?
Much of the tech crowd tends toward being Libertarian and Obama is certainly no Libertarian.
I have found most people who call themselves Libertarians just want to get high and illegally download software/movies/music...so I guess you would be correct in your assumption and the demographic that engadget pulls in.
Being anti HUGE government doesn't make EVERYONE a Republican.. It just means intelligent (most of engadget's readers) are paying attention and see the writing on the wall. But hey, some people think the government running most of their lives is a good thing. Not me though.
@ patriotsn:
I LIKE the idea of the government running our lives! Thinking makes my brain hurt.
Honestly though, the way people are explaining things in the comments thread so far, things would be no different. My life is still enslaved to a 9 to 5 job by health insurance, car insurance, mortgage, credit card companies, and utilities. "Freedom" was sold long ago. What people are talking about is just switching the owners from companies to government.
Just so you know, Rush Limbaugh is a huge Mac fan.
@blakecr
damnit! how did you know!?
@blakecr
Maybe you need to get off the college campuses and talk to real Libertarians. You'd have to have no idea what Libertarianism is truly about if you believe that's who we really are. I won't deny there are people like that out there, but they represent the minority of Libertarians.
Libertarianism is about self-governance. It's about promoting individual liberties to their fullest extent. Legalization of marijuana is important because the act of smoking pot in the privacy of one's own home is almost never, ever harmful to anyone except the person doing the smoking.
Oh sure, it makes people lazy and parents who get high all the time might not take care of their kids. Well, under Libertarianism neglect would still be a crime since your actions would be directly impacting the life, and therefore the liberties, of another.
People will get high and start driving around on the roads like a maniac! Well, we already have DUI laws (some of which are extreme). Driving while under the influence of marijuana would be no different than driving under the influence of alcohol; the reason being that if your driving is impaired, under any substance, you pose a risk to others. No real Libertarian would want to be rid of (all) DUI laws.
And there's not a single Libertarian I've ever read who supports pirating entertainment. Anyone you know who claims to be a Libertarian and supports piracy is a liar, an idiot, or both. Piracy is digital theft; it's not exactly akin to physical theft like some commercials would like to make you believe, but it is theft all the same. No real Libertarian supports theft, whether physical or digital (though they may support changes in software licensing...but that's not the same thing).
If you want to learn more about Libertarianism, check out www.Reason.org, or www.cato.org. Both of those sites are really good.