Seriously abridged version of this alongside the clown makeup removal meme  In 2008, Jillette stated that there is not enough information to make an informed decision on global warming, that his gut told him it was not real, but his mind said that he cannot prove it.[48] As of 2014, he has changed his position and now believes that climate change is occurring.[49]  He stated in 2008 that he "always" votes Libertarian,[47] and endorsed Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson for president in 2012[50][51][52] and 2016.[53] However, he participated in vote swapping in 2016 by voting for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the swing state of Nevada, in exchange for "10 or 11" of his friends promising to vote for Johnson in blue states like California and New York.[54]  In 2020, Jillette distanced himself from aspects of libertarianism, particularly surrounding COVID-19. In an interview with Big Think, he stated, "[A] lot of the illusions that I held dear, rugged individualism, individual freedoms, are coming back to bite us in the ass." He went on to elaborate, "[I]t seems like getting rid of the gatekeepers gave us Trump as president, and in the same breath, in the same wind, gave us not wearing masks, and maybe gave us a huge unpleasant amount of overt racism."[55]
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LMAO I'm a libertarian who fully realizes that my party is bullshit.

I mean, Democrats and Republicans are both total bullshit too, but at least I'm self-aware enough to know my party is bullshit.

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    Why have a party if you know that libertarianism is bullshit?

    Because at least when Libertarians fuck everything up, sometimes it's kinda funny. Ever hear about the time a bunch of Libertarian idiots got an entire town overrun by bears?

    If they all suck why not just focus on mutual aid and solidarity with working class folks, instead of siding with billionaires. Because that’s ultimately what libertarianism is you know?

    Libertarians aren't a monolith, y'know. I'm not the "simp for billionaires" type of Libertarian, I hate those people. Rather, I'm the "prepper nutjob who hates the government and is ready to retreat to the woods when everything goes to hell" type of Libertarian.

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    Well I think the real question is what are your ethics if you encounter another human being when you have retreated into the woods? ... Do you avoid them?

    Yes. "Get off my lawn" would be the appropriate response.

    Do you try to dominate or exploit them? If so that is libertarianism.

    No, that is not Libertarianism. Libertarians want very small government, focusing on protection of one's rights and one's property.

    lib·er·tar·i·an·ism

    /ˌlibərˈterēəˌniz(ə)m/

    noun: libertarianism

    • a political philosophy that advocates only minimal state intervention in the free market and the private lives of citizens.

    Do you work toward partnership and mutual aid? If so that’s anarchism.

    No, that is not anarchism. Anarchists want no government whatsoever.

    an·ar·chism

    /ˈanərˌkizəm/

    noun

    noun: anarchism

    • a political theory advocating the abolition of hierarchical government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.

    No offense, but honestly? I find anarchism to be even more ridiculous than libertarianism, and us libertarians are absolutely ridiculous. Sure, "voluntarism" sounds good on paper but what ends up happening looks more like Somalia in practice.

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