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Jiminy | April 25, 2008, 11:35am | #
Hi there - I'm the writer, director, editor, and producer of the video in question, and while I admit it's somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it's not intended to be anti-libertarian by any means. I wrote the poem 10 years ago when a Koch Associate applied to work for my organization and listed "libertarianism, poetry" as her interests. We all chuckled back then, before "South Park," and before the explosion of new media and groundbreaking graphic art propagated by Bureaucrash (to see what I mean, check out bureaucrash.com and jdtalley.com). The idea of "libertarian poetry" seemed incongruous. The most committed libertarians I associated with back then were econ nerds. "What do you want to do, privatize sidewalks?" was a common sort of ridiculous question we'd get when defending the libertarian point of view, and then there's the blanket assumption that all libertarians are atheist or agnostic. (I myself am a Catholic Christian, and as far as I can tell "Thou shall not steal," i.e. private property, is still in the Bible.) So in any event, if anything the poem and video are poking fun at a stereotype of libertarianism, a movement today much more influential culturally and more diverse than it was 10 years ago. If any libertarians or anarcho-capitalists take offense to the video, please note that it was not intended to offend you.
Berin Szoka | April 25, 2008, 11:59am | #
Brilliant. In a similar vein, why not a libertarian children's book: "Where the (Public) Sidewalk Ends?"
Jesse Walker | April 25, 2008, 12:13pm | #
No offense taken. Like I said, it's hilarious.
Les | April 25, 2008, 1:25pm | #
Yeah, I'm with Jesse. Nicely done.
Snaporaz | April 25, 2008, 1:41pm | #
Beautiful!
hke | April 26, 2008, 1:31am | #
Nicely done. No offense taken.
Dave | April 26, 2008, 2:05am | #
It's very nicely done. A good social commentary.
I would not use the words 'humor' and 'hilarious' to describe this work though.
Then again, there is a very real chance that my sense of humor is on the blink again. I get that a lot.
Robbie | April 26, 2008, 5:21am | #
ROFL... I love it (and the thought of libertarian poetry).
Andie | April 29, 2008, 7:32am | #
What rhymes with Libertarian?
Christopher Monnier | April 29, 2008, 1:37pm | #
Yeah, the video is brilliant. You almost have to be a libertarian (or at least frame your worldview along the liberty/tyranny axis) to get the joke. It's always fun to laugh at yourself.
Rajan R | April 30, 2008, 3:38pm | #
Andie: Totalitarian?
Big Ed | May 28, 2009, 10:08am | #
I didn't think it was that funny. Visit me at libertarianhumor.com
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