Duvniask wrote:Nakena wrote:To be fair, libertarianism was ok in the Ron Paul era. Nowadays it just feels fallen out of time.
Ron Paul-style libertarianism sucks, not least because of the old geezer himself and the stupid bullshit he has advocated for: returning to the gold standard, abolishing the central banking system, climate-change denial, etc. The near-religious fervor with which right-libertarians view private property and the market is sickening. In the US, also, there's the additional tendency among these folks to essentially worship the United States' Constitution as God-given; it's always struck me as totally ridiculous.
I fail to see the issue. Especially taken with the amendments (or at least the Bill of Rights, ie the first ten), it's an incredible governing document. "God-given" is a stretch, but I see few to no people who actually act like it is.