In Greater Detail

I was leaving my political science class today, and my professor  – NH State representative Charles Weed – had commented on his frustrations with a one Barack Obama. This sparked a conversation that, as we walked, got quite heated as it ran the gamut from national socialism to the legitimacy of a social contract which he seemed to suggest was not only acknowledged by using the roads, but that that act became my signature on it. We departed on the topic of public schools. The following is a response for Professor Weed articulating some points about libertarianism it was apparent he either did not understand or could not see.

Professor Weed,

I’ve been having a tough time in class, as evidenced in my brief and sputtering tirade today.  I feel the need to explain what the political landscape looks like to a large amount of people in this country (numbering in millions) that have no voice in the pageantry called democracy. These people, myself included, can no longer turn a blind eye nor participate in, nor give our sanction to a system that has perpetrated the greatest evils the world has known. It has empowered and enabled the kinds of dictators around the world that it itself claims to protect us from.

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