Lest we be accused of misrepresenting their views, actual Libertarians have been kicking around this take on Somalia with a straight face for some time now. No shit: http://mises.org/story/2066
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Lest we be accused of misrepresenting their views, actual Libertarians have been kicking around this take on Somalia with a straight face for some time now. No shit: http://mises.org/story/2066
A more nuanced completely insane view is that Somalia has been awesome-ized by Anarchism, not Libertarianism. http://www.reason.com/blog/show/11751... Fair 'nuff, but as far as we can tell the difference between a Libertarian and an Anarchist usually seems to be a bachelor's degree.
So, it's fun to see folks like Glenn Beck eagerly veering into freaky yee-hah populist Libertarian zone. Go for it, guys. That's rebuilding the ol' brand.
By THE PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATION:
Andy Cobb Josh Funk Nyima Funk Marc Evan Jackson Mark Kienlen David Pompeii Marc Warzecha
Written and Directed by: Andy Cobb Produced by: Mark Kienlen and Andy Cobb Narrator: Marc Evan Jackson Gal: Nyima Funk Fellah: Andy Cobb
A couple notes on music:
1. The music used in this video isn't Somali, or even close to it. It was, however, free to use. Gotta like that.
2. It's easy to hate on Ted Nugent for participating in Fox News Tea Party promotions, but in all sincerity: "Wango Tango" is a badass song, and it's hard to argue with his solo on "Stranglehold." Ted, we'll still gladly pay to see you at whatever State Fair you're playing next.
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And then Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria sent support to the Islamists. In other words, Somalis did alright w/o a government, until foreigners came along to impose their proxy rule on them., resulting the violence today. watch?v=qtGkTRnocZI
This entire video is based off of taking an article out of context. The article showed that Somalia had improved more than it's neighbors in many areas measuring poverty in a time period w/o a state. And then the US came along and supported warlords to gain support for an in-exile(read: made by foreigners) central gov't to be imposed on Somalia. Ethiopia(long seen by Somalis as an enemy) supported this and sent troops as well. This lead directly to the Al-Shabab Islamist gaining power.
Saddam was supported by lower class workers and Sunni middle class. He relied on aid from the US, spent 8 years at war for nothing, and invaded Kuwait And Saudi Arabia. Even w/o US intervention, he would have faced another costly long war, instead of the quick defeat the US brought.
And again you miss the point. These warlords relied on outside resources. They relied on an ideology that there would be a state. And they are often killed. /watch?v=F8VC7fOLHFk /watch?v=uPiU69WX30M
So you're saying we should sell the national parks to developers? Luckily we live in a democracy, the majority of Americans strongly disagree with you.
Saddam's government survived 30+ years and was based on force. Your logic = fail. What do they win? The right to have any woman they want, the right to take anything anybody has they want, use whatever they seized at gunpoint to buy more guns, and so what that it turns Somalia into an impoverished hellhole, they're sociopaths, they don't care, they got theirs and f*** the rest of Somalis duh!
Uh-huh and being ungoverned is not enough. If a government disappears people want a new one. Lack of governance is not what I desire at all. Just voluntary govts Really? The whole "humans are barbaric and need govts to keep them in line" gaff? Again you can't use Somalia even remotely as an example of what free people will do, because they still expected a state, and then foreign states intervened. The channel I linked to has several videos on Iceland, Ireland, the Old West.
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In other words, Somalis did alright w/o a government, until foreigners came along to impose their proxy rule on them., resulting the violence today.
watch?v=qtGkTRnocZI
And again you miss the point. These warlords relied on outside resources. They relied on an ideology that there would be a state. And they are often killed.
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Lack of governance is not what I desire at all. Just voluntary govts
Really? The whole "humans are barbaric and need govts to keep them in line" gaff? Again you can't use Somalia even remotely as an example of what free people will do, because they still expected a state, and then foreign states intervened.
The channel I linked to has several videos on Iceland, Ireland, the Old West.