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Daguerreotype of American anti-slavery militant John Brown, 1846-1847 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So the arms race just needs to continue!!

The private militia needs tanks! Missiles! Fighter jets!

...come to think of it, I guess Mexican drug cartels are pretty much the libertarian wet dream.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guess Mexican drug cartels are pretty much the libertarian wet dream.

Ooo, that one's good, I've never thought of that before. I bet "So you want a weak government like Mexico?" would short circuit many libertarian's brains.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Except most libertarians would not give them a steady income stream: legalise drugs, prostitution and gambling and organised crime does not have much left.