Today I was talking to coworkers, one of whom is a Libertarian. He started complaining about the people in New Orleans who “won’t take a job” because they are getting FEMA money. “Our Money”. I actually just had to get up and walk away before I lost it on the guy.

I don’t like movement conservatives and I am afraid of their authoritarian, subsidize the rich and squash the poor philosophy. But Libertarians make me angry and offended. It is an actual ideology of selfishness. FEMA screwed up. A lot of money was scammed away because FEMA was too incompetent to manage the thing. When I hear that I think it is a shame that FEMA was being run by incompetent political hacks. When a Libertarian hears it they get righteously indignant that anyone got free money from the government. As if hurricane victims deserve what they got. Its a political philosophy built around assuming people with less money are stupider than you.

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