Thom Hartmann Schools "Anarcho-Capitalist" Dumbass

[liberalnarb]

[Xipe Totec]

1. Mano a mano with a hamster. nt

[Ed Suspicious]

2. "1780-1798" I think he meant 1880-1898.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

3. Anarcho-capitalists are so oxymoronic.

Anarchism is a tradition under the socialist movement. We are against both capitalism and the State. Since they are inextricably linked, you can't smash one without the other.

[Hulk]

4. Debate with "respect"...and oh, facts.

Thom is amazing. He has the facts, and how he can remember all that boring crap is beyond my comprehension.

I really appreciate when someone with opposing views calls in and is treated with respect, but is also challenged on their "facts" that often don't add up.

Thom is amazing!

[miamipilot]

5. Libertarian Flawed-Logic at its Best!

At no point in this conversation did this Libertarian make a cogent argument. He denied facts, he denied history. God help us. Good job Thom Hartmann.

[MrMickeysMom]

6. What is it about the term, "free market" that is pulled out like a six-gun...

... aimed, and when the trigger is pulled, has no substantive examples?

They love saying it, though.

[DAngelo136]

7. Libertarianism is a sham itself

Here's an article from Alternet that chronicles the origins of Libertarianism as an ideology and Milton Friedman as it's top shill, er, spokesperson.

http://www.alternet.org/visions/true-history-libertarianism-america-phony-ideology-promote-corporate-agenda

Pull up libertarianism’s floorboards, look beneath the surface into the big business PR campaign’s early years, and there you’ll start to get a sense of its purpose, its funders, and the PR hucksters who brought the peculiar political strain of American libertarianism into being — beginning with the libertarian movement’s founding father, Milton Friedman. Back in 1950, the House of Representatives held hearings on illegal lobbying activities and exposed both Friedman and the earliest libertarian think-tank outfit as a front for business lobbyists. Those hearings have been largely forgotten, in part because we’re too busy arguing over the finer points of “libertarian populism.”

[Enthusiast]

8. You didn't convince him, Thom. These people are as brainwashed as the fundies.

The repeat, "Free market", as a mantra.

[Overseas]

9. K&R. Well said.