I had the distinct pleasure over the weekend to spend some time with my friend of 32 years, John Waxey. He owns a cottage in Wisconsin and we stayed up late on Saturday night/Sunday morning shooting the breeze. As is usually the case, one of the topics we discuss is politics and he came up with a very interesting idea that I am going to turn into an ongoing theme on this site.
Every day we hear conservatives/libertarians complain about the size of government, the lack of religious values, and....well...just about everything else in this country. They blame liberals and say that they are fucking everything up (despite many facts to the contrary) and if only they could run things the way they should be run, everything would be great. Essentially, their vision of how a country should be run is superior and the liberal vision is inferior.
So, John's idea was simple. Allow them to annex a few states and form their own country. That way, they can govern as they see fit and not have to worry about liberals messing things up. I knew right away what it should be called: RandLand.
RandLand is a right wing dream, folks, and I'm here to tell you that I want to make it come true. Not only would the right be happy but the rest of us rational people would be too. With them out of the way doing their own thing, we wouldn't have to waste our time on all that hate, paranoia, anger, and fear. They could just do that in their own country.
I figure you could give them South Carolina, maybe a few other states in the south, and then Montana. Those would be more than enough to sustain them with each of those states have plenty of natural resources and access to the ocean to allow free trade. Of course, their xenophobia might be a problem but I'm sure they'd figure out a work around.
Think of the possibilities, though. Laissez faire economics...no drivel about climate change...abortion illegal...prayer in school...no gun laws...no social security...medicare...lazy fuckers on food stamps...no weird foreign people (or people who aren't white for that matter)...you know, REAL Americans.
Of course, I haven't even mentioned the best part. They could FINALLY prove folks like me wrong by having a living example of how well all their ideas would work in action. Moreover, they wouldn't have anyone to blame if (ahem, when) their policies failed because, after all, no liberals will live in RandLand. So, the responsibility would all be on them. I say we give them their moment to shine.
Now, I know some of you might be laughing by now and thinking that I'm just being silly but, I assure you, I'm not. In fact, I think this is the only way to show folks on the right how their little ideas would work in practical application. They need to live it and have no one standing in their way (see: no one to blame but themselves).
So, who's with me? Let's make RandLand the 197th country in the world!
9 comments:
It is really sad how retarded you are and incapable of actually grasping the differences of people that are not of your tribe. I miss blk in that regard - he could actually distinguish between libertarian and conservative - not just rolling them up into a big ball of "other".
Yeah, as much as you get your hate on about people who hate people not like them - you practice that daily. You are the most tribal person who posts here, and that even includes some of your single celled yippee doggies.
Not true at all, GD. My chief goal is to get you to admit your ideological faults. There are certainly plenty on the left. But when the topic is brought up regarding the right, it's a non stop chorus of crickets.
Now, if you have changed your tune and think that liberals have some decent policies that work, well, I'm glad to hear it. If not, though, this is why RandLand could be the answer for you!:)
Here is an excellent example of what you can't fucking figure out. In your binary pea-brain, Johnson is just a RandLander - yet there are those on the left that find much to admire in his policy positions.
Wow. It's not like you haven't been schooled -- repeatedly -- about the differences between libertarians and conservatives and their various sub-divisions. You shed knowledge like a duck sheds water.
I mean, come on. Libertarians and Randroids are "xenophobic"? In what fucking world?
Do you even have a fucking clue what Ayn Rand thought of Libertarianism?
The next clue that M ever stumbles across will be the first. Not even the YLDP gives a shit about him anymore.
Well, I do admit that the libertarians and the evangelicals probably wouldn't get along. But, hey, all of you think Obama is a socialist. Or a statist. Or whatever name you want to call him this week. You hate all liberals and think we want America to fail. See that video I put up today from Kevin's site? If you disagree, please explain how and why.
Otherwise, RandLand awaits! All of your troubles will be over and you will be able to govern the way you have always wanted. Unless, of course, you secretly harbor a belief that liberals actually do some good. Nah, that couldn't be it. Or maybe it's that you can't admit when you are wrong.
Hmm....
Not just clueless, but proudly and aggressively so.
Well, you don't have to put up with me any longer. RandLand awaits! Let's make your dream come true!!
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