The thing that gets me about Alaska is that the state government is heavily subsidized by the state's oil, which means that everybody is benefiting from that resource. If it were in private hands, all those benefits would go away.
True, and on top of that, the government is the biggest employer up here, especially in rural areas, which means that most of the Libertarians I know are employed by the government. Which is either sad or hilarious depending on how you look at it; maybe a little of both ...
It's also probably true that I'm not getting an accurate picture of national politics due to my perspective being skewed by our local political landscape, which has a fairly distinctive character.
By the way, I realized in retrospect that it kinda looks like I waded into your LJ just to argue with you, and I really hope it doesn't come across that way! I've actually been lurking for awhile (after reading some of your A:tLA and White Collar fic) and had been enjoying your Bittercon posts and meaning to comment on them; unfortunately this happened to be the one that I delurked on.
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Date: 2011-09-12 06:26 am (UTC)True, and on top of that, the government is the biggest employer up here, especially in rural areas, which means that most of the Libertarians I know are employed by the government. Which is either sad or hilarious depending on how you look at it; maybe a little of both ...
It's also probably true that I'm not getting an accurate picture of national politics due to my perspective being skewed by our local political landscape, which has a fairly distinctive character.
By the way, I realized in retrospect that it kinda looks like I waded into your LJ just to argue with you, and I really hope it doesn't come across that way! I've actually been lurking for awhile (after reading some of your A:tLA and White Collar fic) and had been enjoying your Bittercon posts and meaning to comment on them; unfortunately this happened to be the one that I delurked on.