I'm not against taxation as long as I am represented. Even the hardest core libertarians like Ron Paul recognize the need for public common infrastructure and that it has to be paid for.
But after that it makes more sense to let the free market determine prices rather than put in place some soviet style elite group to run our economy. And free market capitalism is more democratic as well.
To characterize people who are appointed by democratically elected officials as "some soviet style elite group" is hyperbolic rhetoric.
Free market capitalism is voting with dollars. I don't view that as "more democratic" than voting to elect people who appoint others.
Certainly it is less democratic as free market capitalism gives most/all the power to those with the most dollars. Current system is already too heavily skewed in that direction, with wealthy bankrolling those who will enact laws and rules/regs that allow them to keep as many of their dollars and hopefully increase their share, rather than enact laws and policies that favor the best outcomes for the most people.
Citizens United was a fatal wound to any prospect of “best outcome for most people”, I believe. The more concentrated power and wealth become in the hands of oligarchs, the harder it will be to reverse the trend. We’re going to end up with a vision of the TrumPutin variety unless there is a very hard turn to the left this fall. It might take a few more cycles, but it is becoming inevitable, because that’s what those with most of the power want. They will make sure they get what they want, because they can. It may be too late already.
I don’t have a platform, but if I did, it would be
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