Nearly every idea he has requires government sanctioned violence to force compliance. Of course the problem is Bacon is on board with many of these acts. The Libertarian Party is a force that is invisible even though last time I talked to a active member he claimed their were 10k registered Libertarians.
We have been hitting this all wrong in my opinion. I did it for years also. I have found over the last year that asking these people how their ideology/ideas get implemented. Of course pass a law and associated penalties. I then ask simply what if one decides to not comply no matter what? Of course this exposes their soft underbelly, as ultimately men with guns will come to your house or hunt you down and if you still refuse said guns will be used on you. So everything they want to do entails using violence, state violence is no different - in fact it is worse that individual violence as it is writ large. This really throws a wrench into their minds as they think of themselves as peaceful people. I then ask what do my ideas entail for enforcement? Blank stares, and I say none, their is nothing I am advocating that requires violence to implement. My ideology is one of peace and voluntary associations.
It may not turn them immediately but it is much like that song you can't get out of your head, it just keeps working
The problem with Bacon is that he's a pompous elitist twit--and he's alienated those who might otherwise vote for him. According to my friends who are Republicans and who live in Omaha, he's done that repeatedly. He needs to stop alienating voters and start taking actions in Congress and elsewhere that change him from a major thorn in everyone's sides into someone useful to his voting constituents. He isn't, however, going to be able to do that unless and until he gets his priorities sorted out.
Is he in D.C. to benefit the big donors? Or is he in D.C. to promote and support the needs and interests of the average Nebraskan? If it's the former, then--he ought to step down and let someone better run instead.
Vargas should be easy to defeat. I would simply point of his human ownership mentality along with his penchant to support violence. He thinks he should be the decider in what we are allowed to buy and sell. He supported mask mandates, in fact he wanted to let local health directors issue their orders without state approval. https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bill-would-eliminate-state-veto-power-over-local-nebraska-pandemic-prevention-measures/article_631a31be-5b31-11eb-9ede-17ba13f9ea32.html
Nearly every idea he has requires government sanctioned violence to force compliance. Of course the problem is Bacon is on board with many of these acts. The Libertarian Party is a force that is invisible even though last time I talked to a active member he claimed their were 10k registered Libertarians.
We have been hitting this all wrong in my opinion. I did it for years also. I have found over the last year that asking these people how their ideology/ideas get implemented. Of course pass a law and associated penalties. I then ask simply what if one decides to not comply no matter what? Of course this exposes their soft underbelly, as ultimately men with guns will come to your house or hunt you down and if you still refuse said guns will be used on you. So everything they want to do entails using violence, state violence is no different - in fact it is worse that individual violence as it is writ large. This really throws a wrench into their minds as they think of themselves as peaceful people. I then ask what do my ideas entail for enforcement? Blank stares, and I say none, their is nothing I am advocating that requires violence to implement. My ideology is one of peace and voluntary associations.
It may not turn them immediately but it is much like that song you can't get out of your head, it just keeps working
The problem with Bacon is that he's a pompous elitist twit--and he's alienated those who might otherwise vote for him. According to my friends who are Republicans and who live in Omaha, he's done that repeatedly. He needs to stop alienating voters and start taking actions in Congress and elsewhere that change him from a major thorn in everyone's sides into someone useful to his voting constituents. He isn't, however, going to be able to do that unless and until he gets his priorities sorted out.
Is he in D.C. to benefit the big donors? Or is he in D.C. to promote and support the needs and interests of the average Nebraskan? If it's the former, then--he ought to step down and let someone better run instead.