Why I am seriously contemplating a move to Alaska

[mariogreymist]

 

[JollyRoger]

Alaska is great. A government check handed to every man, woman, and child, plus the biggest haul per capita in Federal pork. A libertarian's dream.

 

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[JollyRoger]

Really, they just showed the energy to keep the seat out of the hands of someone outside of the two-party mainstream.

 

[warpus]

Lisa Murkowski is a sexual deviant.

If she were a female her last name would be Murkowska. Only males have a -ski ending on their last name. Obviously she is some sort of a freak.

 

[Yared]

Didn't these guys pick Sarah Pahlin?

 

[El_Machinae]

Well, a government cheque on oil revenues is terribly reasonable. I cannot really think of a better method of distributing that wealth.

And, yeah, I think that a extremely robust write-in campaign is awesome.

 

[JollyRoger]

Well, a government cheque on oil revenues is terribly reasonable. I cannot really think of a better method of distributing that wealth.

I agree - the government sticking in there with ownership of minerals has better control over the production surrounding those resources and the distribution of the wealth. It's not exactly the libertarian dream scenario though.

 

[Ajidica]

Lets just remember that modern Libertarianism is opposed to modern-day Socialism.
Modern Socialism: When somebody else gets government cash.

 

[Dizzy75]

People vote for someone who they know will do a poor job simply because the other major party candidate is someone they believe will do worse. Democracy run in such a way is doomed to failure

Wait, you mean there's a democracy somewhere that's run in some other way?

Didn't you play Civ IV? "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have already been tried." Go Churchill!

Seriously though, I hear there are some crazy government contracting jobs up there. The kind of thing where they need something built or done in a remote, frigid location, so they pay like $10,000 a week for six weeks or something. Of course, there's a pretty high risk of mortality or permanent injury, but if you're the risk-taking, boundary-pushing type...

 

[mariogreymist]

 

[emzie]

Alaska is amazing. I spent a summer there with my uncle. Aside from nearly getting me killed, the whole experience was just magic. Dunno about the rest of the state, but I can highly recommend Juneau, assuming you can afford the cost of living.

Alaska is great. A government check handed to every man, woman, and child, plus the biggest haul per capita in Federal pork. A libertarian's dream.

When my uncle live in Seattle, once a year he'd fly to Juneau and sleep in the house he owned there. He got to collect a cheque for himself, his wife and his 4 kids. $$$

 

[otago]

Tsk,tsk, and some would say that libertarians are a bunch of hypocrites.
They believe in the libertarian motto as long as those rich liberal states keep on funding them.

 

[SerriaFox]

Actually the write-in candidate was the "old school" Republican who lost to the Tea-Party candidate in the primary. Atleast that is if those votes were for the person whom they presume.

 

[Leonel]

Well, a government cheque on oil revenues is terribly reasonable. I cannot really think of a better method of distributing that wealth.

And, yeah, I think that a extremely robust write-in campaign is awesome.

It's not evil socialism when libertarians do it. DUUUH

 

[Zelig]

This morning I find myself giving serious thought to moving northward. I've considered, and always thought I'd like living in Alaska. I like cold weather. The pervasive libertarian spirit of the state appeals to me. I like the outdoors, fishing and hunting. All of this has always given me some motivation to try living in the biggest, and sparsest state in the Union. But none of those is the reason I am giving it such a serious thought today.

Yesterday more Alaskans defied the political establishment than choosing any other option in their gubernatorial election. "Write in" is leading in the vote count in the election. This demonstrates a widespread willingness to defy authority which exists in Alaska and nowhere else in the USA.

Most Americans have a highly unfavorable view of both major political parties, yet in 435 house elections yesterday, not a single member of any other party won. This (along with the Alaska result) demonstrates the sad fact that a majority of Americans have fully internalized the false dilemma fallacy in regards to political affairs. People vote for someone who they know will do a poor job simply because the other major party candidate is someone they believe will do worse. Democracy run in such a way is doomed to failure.

Some might suggest that Alaska was an aberration, as there was an established political persona behind a write in campaign there. In spite of that, and in spite of the fact that I disagree with Lisa Murkowski on almost every issue widely discussed in politics today, I find the result optimistic in a way that American politics and government has not been since the time of Lincoln.

Our votes are only as powerful as we believe them to be. At least Alaskans understand that. The rest of the country apparently slept through 8th grade social studies, and I'd just as soon not be associated with such people as those who would irrationally let fear destroy their democracy.

So what's stopping you?

 

[Cutlass]

Well, a government cheque on oil revenues is terribly reasonable. I cannot really think of a better method of distributing that wealth.

And, yeah, I think that a extremely robust write-in campaign is awesome.

But it's socialism.

 

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[StittsvilleJame]

You should go.

I heard you can see Russia!!!