Libertarians are a people constantly in search of issues to be self-righteous about. This is the problem of a political movement about ‘freedom’ peopled largely by white men with college degrees and above-average incomes: there’s not a lot of freedom they don’t already have, and not a lot of situations where their civil rights are being potentially trampled. The TSA is a wonderful thing for contemporary American libertarianism; it’s one of not many places where an upper middle class Linux engineer can actually stand off against an invasive government.
“
| — |
“Excuse Me, But. Weren’t The Founding Fathers, Largely, White Men With College Degrees and Above Average Incomes, Standing Off An Invasive Government?” “I’m Just Saying … |
