/liberty/ - Liberty

>>64763

>why isn't the GOP fighting against something they don't believe in

Because they don't think it's worth fighting. Because they have what they want.

>>64768

The GOP regularly commits to gibs and spending other peoples' money.

>>64774

Between that and the Naked Man of Liberty, there's a reason why none of us likes the LP.

>>64763

>I completely do not understand why the GOP isn't fighting back against all this bullshit, because they are currently at their strongest since the end of the Civil War.

You're deluding yourself. First of all, GOP is not a party of conservatives or libertarians; if there is one thing that leftists are right about, it's that GOP is the party of big money first and foremost. Realizing this was the toughest red pill I ever had to swallow, but GOP's establishment is truly concerned about the interests of corporations.

Second, conservative and libertarian ideas have never had less of an impact on society than they have today. I won't be surprised if Trump will be the last conservative politician in charge of US; conservatives and libertarians willfully gave up on their influence in institutions like state education under the pressure from useful idiots and cynical leftists who play to win and had no intention of doing the same. Never throw away your gun when your enemy refuses to, fetishizing neutrality of the state gave you the comfort of moral highground but it wasn't a hill worth dying on.

Third, ideological subversion and entryism play a huge role in the success of the left. It's probably the most important thing out of the three mentioned here; ever heard of the "French Turn"? It's a tactic used by trotskyists, later perfected by KGB agents who infiltrated the West to demoralize it and spread marxism.

Just look at what they did to the Ford Foundation. Look at various newspapers that used to be considered a voice for conservatives, like the Telegraph or WSJ.

Another example of what leftist entryism can lead to:

http://thetruthdivision.com/2017/07/spread-24-republicans-voted-yes-taxpayers-funding-transgender-surgeries/

So the scum who voted yes are neither conservatives nor libertarians, because libertarians should be opposed to funding transgender surgeries with taxpayer's money. "The republican majority" is a fiction that Repubs want to believe; RINOs are everywhere and Democrats have a far more ideologically monolithic and coherent foundations. This is just one issue, too.

>>64784

>talk shit get hit

antifa in a nutshell

two-party system is shit

I remember watching a lot of horrifying stories of plane crashes on TV as a kid. One sticks out to me. A pilot was taking off at night and couldn't see dick. As such, he relied almost entirely on his flight instruments to guide him. However, he didn't know that the attitude indicator was malfunctioning. When he banked the plane left, it showed him flying perfectly level. As such, he kept banking harder and harder left until the plane was at about 90 degrees and crashed straight into the ground. I think that's a great metaphor for the GOP leadership.

While the GOP is getting younger, the old farts that spend more time beating their own side up are still in charge. They don't understand new media, and they still have no idea how Trump managed to slide into their presidential nomination like a world-class thief through a laser tripwire matrix. Their idea of "optics" is what the old news media thinks of them. When they see CNN or MSNBC applaud them for sticking it to Trump or denouncing the alt-right, they think they're moving forward and connecting with independents. They are still convinced that Trump's days are numbered and they need to prepare a softer crash landing. Trump's lack of decorum is the ultimate sin, as they think openly embracing the will to power is a death sentence. And I suppose the globalist money hose doesn't help either.

>>64774

And it's not just Dude Weedman, it's the entire LP leadership. The chairman was going nuts the last week trying to wrangle people to disavow the right. Bunch of useless hacks.