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The Libertarian Shutdown and The Decline of American Sovereignty
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(If you don't like
reading
very much, I've italicized the most important parts of this rant for your convenience.)
On October 1st, 2013, the United States government
shut down
thanks to the goals of
Tea Party Republicans
–those Republicans who ascribe to
libertarian
philosophy (while also terribly misinterpreting that same philosophy—Tea Party Libertarians should be distinguished from libertarian socialists/communists—Those groups are not discussed here). These folks were
elected in November of 2010 and
were
sworn in January of 2011. In two and a half years, the Tea Party Republicans have done more than any other entity or movement in America to degrade the national sovereignty and lower the United States'
hegemonic
role in the world
(this Superpower-dom of the United States is not a good thing, so don't get all 'you're an
exceptionalist
!' on me).
Thanks to Tea Party
libertarians, who call themselves
Republicans, we have moved one-step closer to a
nice, smooth,
homogenous blanket of economic opportunity for multinational corporations and the world's wealthiest few.
But let me explain.
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