re: #29 wrenchwench

A theory I’m working on: The only way to convince people that Libertarianism makes any sense is to blame all the problems we have on our financial system. An essential element is to accuse Jews and others of a conspiracy to run the financial system for their own benefit. Then they have a conspiracy-like solution for it, ie: end the Fed, go back to the gold standard, etc. If that can be swallowed, then all the other far right agenda items can be fit in as well: no federal support for the poor, no federal support for education, etc. Libertarianism must be swallowed whole. It does not make sense when looked at piece by piece.

A simpler theory is that our educational system has managed to allow a determining percentage of American voters to remain the stupids.