Stuck up for Ron Paul during my economy class

[dodgers2213]

first day of my winter quarter at CSULA. During my professor's lecture there was a brief walk through of history of socialization leading up to the industrial revolution etc
So the professor brings up a slide on hunters and gatherers and says "This is what republican candidate Ron Paul wants, no government and back to this type of living. This is ideal libertarianism"

I quickly slammed him for not even understanding his basic platform, wont get into it much, but he said "oh well, I admit I don't know much about him and I'll have to look in to it"

Seriously...

 

[ASDF991]

Ron Paul wants to take us back to the time of Hunters and Gathers?

My god....LOL....


Seems like he is a devout Fox listener.

 

[seapilot]

That guy is a professor? Scary. Hope you learn something, or at least he will from you.

 

[KingNothing]

....wait.... wow. what?

Considering that the free market and capitalism best unleash the greatest traits of humanity and allow it to prosper, socialists like your teacher who want to limit that ingenuity are the Luddites.

 

[DerekB]

Absolutely amazing the number of people who confuse Libertarianism with Anarchism.
Heck, how many times has Santorum said in the past month "I'm not a Libertarian, Ron. I' believe there should be some government."

Well, yeah Rick, we all do.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Ron Paul wants to take us back to the time of Hunters and Gathers?

And well droopy babylons. If you know what I am saying.

 

[YankeesJunkie]

Absolutely amazing the number of people who confuse Libertarianism with Anarchism.
Heck, how many times has Santorum said in the past month "I'm not a Libertarian, Ron. I' believe there should be some government."

Well, yeah Rick, we all do.

I enjoy better when the candidates talk about their love of the constitution and then piss on it with their actions. Also, Santorum seemed to get so conservative after he loss by 20 points in 2006

 

[centure7]

The current band of corrupted Fascists in office have already brought us back to the time of the king-surf relationship. So hunter-gatherer would technically be an improvement

But no, Paul has no interest in zero government. He does have interest in *local* government by consent only. Big difference!

 

[Rincewind]

Well, I'd stay here guys, but I need to go kill a mammoth or me and my kids, Ug, Yurg, and Boog, aren't going to make it through the rest of the winter.

 

[eleganz]

first day of my winter quarter at CSULA. During my professor's lecture there was a brief walk through of history of socialization leading up to the industrial revolution etc
So the professor brings up a slide on hunters and gatherers and says "This is what republican candidate Ron Paul wants, no government and back to this type of living. This is ideal libertarianism"

I quickly slammed him for not even understanding his basic platform, wont get into it much, but he said "oh well, I admit I don't know much about him and I'll have to look in to it"

Seriously...

Are you active with the Los Angeles grassroots? send me a PM.

 

[dodgers2213]

Tell me about it. I have had my fair share of professors that taught nonsense

EDIT: I live in the Inland Empire and take a train out to campus. Not involved with activity (no car, job)

 

[unknown]

I say that its a misconception that "Ron Paul wants to rules".

Then you can go into smaller government, waste, redundancy among the departments, shifting responsibilities to the state level etc.

Good job.

 

[BigByrd47119]

Well, I'd stay here guys, but I need to go kill a mammoth or me and my kids, Ug, Yurg, and Boog, aren't going to make it through the rest of the winter.

BWHAHAHAHA!

 

[ONUV]

Ron Paul wants to take us back to the time of Hunters and Gathers?

My god....LOL....


Seems like he is a devout Fox listener.

a devout progressive. they've infiltrated colleges to indoctrinate the youth. it's working well.

 

[StilesBC]

Tell him to read The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley.

It explains that free exchange is what turned early humans into a civilization and set them apart from proto-human competitors like the neanderthals. The more freedom of exchange, the more civilized we become. Wikipedia is a great example of this. Millions of people exchanging information voluntarily, resulting in the most valuable resource on the planet.

Libertarians want more freedom of voluntary exchange = more civilization. Your professor is not only wrong, but 100% backward. If he is teaching economics and doesn't understand basic economic concepts like the division of labour and voluntary exchange, I'm afraid you're not going to learn much in his class.

 

[kill the banks]

"oh well, I admit I don't know much about him and I'll have to look in to it"

there's the truth

 

[Okie RP fan]

Yea, I've already pledged that I will man up and make a comment if I hear anything like this in my classes.

I won't stand for socialist bias (almost every professor I've had is of the left, politically) and outright lies.

I may not know much myself, and I'm still learning, but I know a lie and I will know when it should at least be called out.

 

[Sublyminal]

Well, I'd stay here guys, but I need to go kill a mammoth or me and my kids, Ug, Yurg, and Boog, aren't going to make it through the rest of the winter.

This post is so full of win.

 

[hazek]

This is all the media's work. That professor's own admission is proof of that. He doesn't really know much about Ron yet somehow he has this belief Ron would want us to live like hunters and gatherers again..

Corporate media propaganda machine is the true enemy. Defeating is the only path to a better future. THE ONLY PATH.

 

[eleganz]

Tell me about it. I have had my fair share of professors that taught nonsense

EDIT: I live in the Inland Empire and take a train out to campus. Not involved with activity (no car, job)

I know some fellow supporters at CSULA that you could get in touch with and could possibly get to events with.

please send me a PM.