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jeffbeeyesterday at 6:51 PM1 replyview on HN

How does Idaho's libertarian self-image coexist with whining about the traffic?


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cogman10yesterday at 7:26 PM

I'm not a libertarian. I'm an Idaho native. But really this is just an underscore of why libertarian ideals are dumb. Some government is necessary and those are basic things like public roads and schools.

It may be surprising, but Idaho actually had pretty decent infrastructure throughout my youth. This "defund everything" attitude is relatively new to idaho politics. Idaho's drift into libertarianism started around the tea party era and just slowly has gotten worse since then.

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