As a libertarian who focuses on public finance, the 21st century hasn’t been fun.
- Bush made government bigger.
- Obama made government bigger.
- Trump is making government bigger.
- And I fully expect that Biden will make government bigger.
To be sure, we still have a long way to go on the “socialism slide” before the United States becomes Greece, or some other nation that might be considered socialist (however defined).
That being said, I don’t like the current trend. Which is why, in addition to my serious columns about the failure of socialism, I also like mocking that evil ideology.
Here are three new additions to the satire collection.
Our first example is partly based on the “not-real-socialism” excuse.
Next we have some satire about the left doesn’t learn any lessons from grocery stores in capitalist societies (to be fair, an American supermarket did change at least one mind).
As usual, I’ve saved my favorite item for last.
Venezuela is a tragic case study of what happens when economic liberty is smothered, But at least we get some clever humor.
I am surprised, for what it’s worth, that I haven’t seen more Venezuela-themed humor (here’s my only other example).
And I’ll close with the serious observation that I’m genuinely mystified that so many (especially young people) are attracted to an ideology with a wretched track record. Makes me genuinely worried that statism is on the winning side of history.
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I guess the thing about a lot of so-called “libertarians” that frustrates me is that they seem to not understand that the pathway back to smaller government has to go through someone like Orange Man. Sure, government is getting bigger under Orange Man same as it always does with every other Derp State agent, but, there is a difference in attitude about the fundamental role of government, a difference which seems to be undetectable by obtuse and doctrinaire and impractical and childish “libertarians.”
I think “libertarians” need to be humble about Orange Man being the best that they can accomplish at this time. “Libertarians” should not be arrogant and stubborn about thinking that all of a sudden people will want to go back to the small government policies of Jefferson, Madison, and Coolidge. Statues of Jefferson are getting torn down, for crying out loud. If there were any statues of Coolidge they would probably be getting torn down as well, whether or not the idiot Marxist goons know who Coolidge was or not.
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