It's become so bad that my local/state Libertarian candidates last election were further right than many of the Republicans with almost the same talking points. Who can we protest vote for now that supports gun rights, freedom of/from religion, abortion rights, gay marriage, and targeted/effective limited government that only provides for national defense, interstate commerce, and the common good through a UBI and national healthcare funded with a fair proportional tax? The party has left the actual libertarians behind.
You really don't have any additional misgivings about a man who sold out the people of the United States to the credit card companies for a few measley hundreds of thousands of dollars, and who cosponsored a large percentage of why our student loan crisis is as bad as it is? There is a reason that all predatory credit entities are based in the state he represented for his entire political career. He doesn't get a pass after decades of being a predatory corporate shill selling out the American people. How can the Dems not be capable of fielding literally anyone remotely electable if they weren't competing opposite truly garbage candidates like Desantis and Trump? I have the same question for the Repubs, for fielding Desantis and Trump. And neither side actually solving abortion rights, gun rights, healthcare, etc when they hold all 3 branches because they are all afraid of losing their major wedge issues, without which they aren't confident they can win elections.
The Foundation series is absolutely amazing, and I am jealous of you if this is your first reading. One of my formative series growing up. You're inspiring me to do the whole Asimov read through like your doing, because I don't believe I ever read the Empire books and never read Robot beyond I, Robot.
It's become so bad that my local/state Libertarian candidates last election were further right than many of the Republicans with almost the same talking points. Who can we protest vote for now that supports gun rights, freedom of/from religion, abortion rights, gay marriage, and targeted/effective limited government that only provides for national defense, interstate commerce, and the common good through a UBI and national healthcare funded with a fair proportional tax? The party has left the actual libertarians behind.