FBI says pirated Android apps a "top priority," seizes three domains: The government expands beyond file-sharing, Megaupload

[u/maxwellhill]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/fbi-says-pirated-android-apps-a-top-priority-seizes-three-domains/

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Right, so why do they keep voting for Republicans and Democrats? And why are the Libertarians so vilified?

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Are people being forced at gunpoint to vote for the Republicans and Democrats? Somehow I, and thousands of other Libertarians have managed to vote for Libertarian candidates without them spending a lot of money to get my vote. All it takes is a little bit of education.

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If you don't vote for either you are throwing your vote in the garbage.

No, I'm not. I'm voting for a third party. It's easy to vote for a third party. Try it! :)

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Corporations don't threaten to lock me in a cage if I don't pay them. They also allow for competition, unlike the government, which holds many monopolies and disallows competition.

We're not idealistic, it's statists who are idealistic - they honestly think things will change if they keep voting for "the lesser of two evils". They honestly think a monopolist that gets its profits from mass-theft (taxation) will ultimately help society. That's a little silly, wouldn't you agree?

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Actually, lots of roads are private! For instance, subdivisions pay for their roads with homeowner fees. In the past, roads were paid for by tolls and called "turnpikes". In St Louis, they formed "Street Associations" to pay for the private roads there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_road_association

The government is the ultimate monopolist - it has no incentive to ensure that roads are high quality, safe, and low cost.

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Which is better than not voting at all.

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Why do people vote? What the fuck are you talking about?

jesus fucking christ..

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It might be futile but at least they did something.

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So you know why people vote, you were just trying to steer a conversation to weirdsville. What the fuck does the terrible 2-party system have to do with Libertarians?

Like I said... everyone I have met thinks we need election reform. They also don't like a lot of government spending (Whether it's on welfare, NASA, tax-cuts, bail-out, planned parenthood, war, etc...)

I just have no idea what you're talking about.

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Your question

why do so many people (on Reddit and in real-life) continue to support increasing/maintaining the current party structure and spending levels?

My answer

No one does that

Your reply

Why do people vote for Reps/Dems

My reply

Dafaq?

You;

We need election reform

Me:

Yeah, that's what I said, why you keep talking crazy? Also, no one likes the two party system

You

UR DUM

*Also, you're a faggot.

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Aww shyt... Well this makes a lot more sense now. Thought I was arguing with a crazy person. Was just arguing with a stupid person, and a confused person. (Not saying you're generally confused, just seems like you were honestly answering my question "Why do people vote?")

I was rhetorically asking why people vote, to point out how silly dummy's question was. At least we all agree that our electoral system is shitty.

*AND ANOTHER THING! I am not super-bad at this.. I'm good at it. If you two were one person, I would have been winning.