Author Alan Stevo, excerpted below, on the imperfect delivery of populist liberty-friendly policy by Trump, as opposed to the “crybaby idealism” of those who want a perfect statesman in this depraved era. Maybe, all things considered, this is the best we can get:
A Divide Between Realism And Idealism In Libertarian Thought
…There is a divide in libertarianism between realism and idealism; the divide does not have to exist.
Think deeper. Be as realistic as possible. Try to know the truth as hard as you can, as uncomfortably as you can.
In the life I live, Trump is a night-and-day difference from any Republican or Democrat President. They are not all the same. The two parties often put up similar candidates. But the idea that the two parties are the same has become an unreliable bromide. This is especially true after candidate Trump, essentially running as a third-party candidate for the Republican nomination, took over the White House as an unwelcome outsider, and is in the process of taking over a major American party.
Trump is different. Maybe his masonic handlers have allowed him to be different. Maybe his zionist blackmailers have allowed him to be different. I do not know. He is different.
He is measurably different in my life in a way no other President has been, and it was that way even when he was only a candidate.
Why I Do Not Hate Trump For Iran
What is he doing in Iran? I don’t know. But it’s uncomfortable for me, too.
I know I’m happy Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, and John McCain are not President right now.
Trump does not appear to be the same as those people.
The indication from his first term is that Trump operates with much bluster, and is certainly not anti-war, but he also promotes peace in international affairs, though certainly not calm.
I am not going to join you in being in a state of outrage on this matter. Maybe outrage is deserved. I do not know.
Why I Do Not Hate The Police
Do I support the police state, as you claim? Yeah, sometimes. You see, I understand America needs Jesus. I also understand America doesn’t have Jesus. This divide leaves us in an unpleasant predicament.
I grew up in a place affected in an outsized way by macro-trends. I wish it weren’t that way, but the place I grew up in doesn’t have the luxury of nonchalance the way CNBC commentators do. It is working class.
Broad acceptance of Jesus once held things together. What we have is Jesus replacement #1: “Defund the Police!” And Jesus replacement #2: “Back the Blue!” I am not in either category, but I know that a neighborhood that doesn’t get policed turns into a mess. That is the case today. It was not the case in 1930, nor in 1950, and in some places it is still not the case, but in most of America it is.
A neighborhood like the one I grew up in needs the police. It is a stop-gap measure. What we really need is Jesus, but absent Jesus and absent the police, everything falls apart.
I live in daily reality that recognizes how nice idealism is; I also know how thankful I am for cops that occasionally strong-arm a thug and get him to stay out of the neighborhood.…More