Could you be a little more vague?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...
Stuck up for Ron Paul during my economy class
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Thank GOODNESS for the Department of Education subsidizing this kind of drivel.
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This has been my experience, sort of. I'm not in a particularly politicized field, so maybe I am biased but the general trend seems to be that the majority of academics accept liberty and freedom when it comes to domestic issues generally associated with the "left" (such as the War on Drugs), but not the "right" (such as the 2nd Amendment). However, on economic issues, most academics I've interacted with have an overt hostility to free markets, and usually confuse corporatism with capitalism.
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LOL.
The thread is about a professor confused about libertarianism.
Your post is about you being confused about anarchy and anarchists.
Blind leading the blind. No wonder I'm a skeptic. Not skeptical of Ron Paul. Only of his supporters. But that's politics. Politics is about convincing, not about your supporters understanding every position.
FYI, maybe Ron Paul hasn't stated that he is an anarchist, but he sure keeps them in good company. Ever heard of the Mises Institute?
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It's this reason that colleges are liberal manufacturer plants.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...
In my MBA program, the professors, particularly the economists, were very fair to Paul, with most speaking favorably. Typically just leaving it at, "His (Paul's) economic policies are very interesting", and using him as an example of Keynesian vs. Austrian economics. To be fair, Austrian economics isn't always peaches and cream, so a non-biased professor must explain the pros and cons of both.
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That's not entirely fair. It's certainly not universally true.
You're correct, considering Paul's largest voter block (going by % of that demographic) are college-aged individuals. Combined, I spent about six years and college and never heard the liberal propaganda you hear so much about.
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many people with advanced degrees make the mistake of believing that expertise in one field implies competence in others
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I would have said 'Ron Paul knows more about economics than you ever will.'
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my econ professor who is quite famous in an ivy leauge school
he is a lifelong republican, thinks ron paul is a fiscal conservative yet his foreign policy is weak
i stood up for ron paul too and said " just because he doesn't want to be world police doesnt mean his policy is weak"
i asked him to think what he would think if other countries, eg china do that to that usa
he kind of agrees with me in the end, but still say he will have a hard time voting for ron
the lesson i get from this is, old people are really much more pro war, maybe they've experience world war 2
kind of disappoints me because this professor has always been very nice, thoughtful with all other matters, but when it come to war, he seems to be brainwashed
oh well, thats my story
he is a lifelong republican, thinks ron paul is a fiscal conservative yet his foreign policy is weak
i stood up for ron paul too and said " just because he doesn't want to be world police doesnt mean his policy is weak"
i asked him to think what he would think if other countries, eg china do that to that usa
he kind of agrees with me in the end, but still say he will have a hard time voting for ron
the lesson i get from this is, old people are really much more pro war, maybe they've experience world war 2
kind of disappoints me because this professor has always been very nice, thoughtful with all other matters, but when it come to war, he seems to be brainwashed
oh well, thats my story
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yea, I was hoping Ron would have rebutted on that specific statement. He really should have.
I suppose. But, I'm in law school, and I'm well aware I can't build a bridge or perform a heart transplant.
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I still don't get why this isn't knocked out by RP once and for all because this is probably the main issue thats hindering him. I don't understand why he doesn't ask something like this. If the former head of the CIA, the current CIA, and the latest IAEA report show there is no imminent threat to the US from Iran as far as a nuclear weapon. And Netanyahu doesn't want US troops in Israel, then why isn't anyone listening?
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Rick's idea of "some government" is No Child Left Behind, Medicare pt D, and bridges to nowhere...
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