r/politics • u/slaysia • Dec 19 '17

Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.82f2b85b50fa
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u/Cultjam Dec 20 '17

It’s easy to be libertarian if you don’t know what lack of government regulation is like. Look into why savings & loan institutions don’t exist anymore.

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u/cookie-cutter Dec 20 '17

Any one who believes in a hands-off government missed the finer points of Aliens and RoboCop

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u/Cultjam Dec 20 '17

Oh yeah, Avatar too.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

You are my kind of person.

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u/Lord_Blathoxi I voted Dec 20 '17

Look at Somalia and that’s what a Libertarian Paradise would be.

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u/preprandial_joint Dec 20 '17

Ironically, Matt and Trey addressed this in a roundabout way with the pirate episode. All the kids want to be pirates, I presume because Pirates of the Caribean came out around that time, so they go off to where real pirates are, Somalia. When they get there they realize pretty quickly that it fucking sucks being a pirate in a country with virtually no government.

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u/Cronyx Dec 20 '17

Blood in the street, gated communities and private security companies.

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u/VC_Wolffe Dec 25 '17

they have a government now, by the way

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u/sushkunes Dec 20 '17

Because evil Potter bought them all during the recession. Damnit, George.

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u/DFWV Dec 20 '17

No, George was a Weasely.