Penn Jillette Explains His Libertarian Philosophy

From Real Time With Bill Maher, October 14, 2011.

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• Penn Jillette
• Libertarian
• Libertarianism

[KyleSkullz]

I would LOVE to see Penn on the panel, involved in the debate, rather than as an extra guest at the end.

With a guest like Penn, Real Time might actually be worth watching.

[driv1937]

Ron Paul 2012

[MayGodsBeLess]

I disagree with everything said here, 'cause I fucking love libraries, and I would fight and die for my library. VIVA LIBRARIES!

[rehwr]

@badger5079 The Nazis published the following statements about socialism and capitalism when they presented their public “manifesto” in the National Socialist Letters: “We are socialists; We are enemies, mortal enemies, of the present-day capitalist economic system…We are resolved to annihilate this system despite everything.

[rehwr]

@rehwr weren't, sorry typo!

Hitler preached class warfare, agitating the working class to resist ``exploitation'' by capitalists -- particularly Jewish capitalists, of course. Their program called for the nationalization of education, health care, transportation, and other major industries. They instituted and vigorously enforced a strict gun control regimen. Hmmmm. Sound Familiar!

[rehwr]

@badger5079 First of all, I never said that right wingers were capable of evil! Stop projecting! It’s ironic in that people think Nazi’s were right wing, even though they did all the classic left-wing stuff like a centrally planned monetary policy, banking, imports and exports, price and wage controls, restricted dividends, organized factories and mobilized for war.

[badger5079]

@rehwr

The Nazis did not create socialism, they became powerful by fighting it. Read a history book.

[badger5079]

@rehwr

So now that you have revealed yourself as somebody who thinks the Nazis were socialists just because of their name as opposed to taking their policies into account, you should probably just slink off and sit in a corner and reflect on how stupid your statement is. There is evil on the right as well as on the left. We all have the capacity. Conservatives who try to go revisionist on what the Nazis were to make it seem that right wingers are universally good make sick.

[rehwr]

@AtheistDaddy Oh its d reading a history book and oh, idk the the Nazi's full name National Socialist German Workers' Party! Sound familiar!

[AtheistDaddy]

@rehwr At risk of insulting you once more, where do you get your information? Socialism was not created by the nazi's. lol.

Hopefully, you will do some research. Wow, just wow.

[rehwr]

@AtheistDaddy Sure, I'm pointing out that almost every socialist or communist regime has ended in censorship and mass murder! I'm not taking up a system created by the Nazis!

[AtheistDaddy]

@rehwr If pointing out your ignorance on socialism and mass murder is insulting, I stand before you guilty.

Liberal is a set of ideas not a 'party of civility'.