China, Mali, Rome, Ottoman Empire, portugal, Spain, Holland, France, Austria Hungary, UK were all once great powers
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Greece too.
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Most of those, if not all, were not nations when they were great powers. Rome was not a nation, for example. Spain became a nation after it was an empire.
Ancient Greece was not a country. It was a collection of city-states that were eventually conquered by the Macedonians (except for Sparta). Later they would be conquered by Rome.
WHAT?
Since when?
Look at the definition of libertarianism. You align with perhaps one or two ideologies associated with this political philosophy.
Most who identify as ‘libertarian’ hardly know what libertarian means.
The term has been abused and taken out of context. It is now a fancy way for MANY to exclaim “I want to do whatever the fuck I want! You leave me alone and I’ll leave you alone!”
If things were that simple we would have world peace.
My new political outlook is “rules for thee… but not for me!”
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Would you consider yourself a conservative libertarian? I ask because I relate to everything you posted, and I’m someone who was essentially born very liberal/leftist haha.
I now reside in what I consider a fake country, an economic zone
Leftists (ecomomic ones like Bernie) have been saying this since the early 2000s, at least. We just got drowned out by SJW-types 
The U.S. is more an economic zone than a nation united on any sort of values outside of money. I get jealous when talking to people I know from Poland or Czechia because you sense they come from somewhere where being a nation or people means something.
American society is like a train running off a cliff. I didn’t want it wrecked, didn’t do or support anything thing for it to be wrecked, and I can’t stop it from being wrecked
I’m all aboard this runaway train to see where it crashes in specatcular fashion I do blame most of this to economic factors/policies, though, and feel that the culture war insanity is like a drop in the bucket compared to the flood that is the current lack of social mobility for most people.
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My new political outlook is “rules for thee… but not for me!”
Isn’t that everyone’s outlook haha?
The best example of this IMO is how everyone publicly says they want equality of opportunity, but at the same time wants their kids to have the biggest head start possible compared to their peers. Meritocracy for thee, but nepotism for me 
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Are you saying that’s me? Are you saying I said I identify as libertarian?
Anyone who knows me, knows I’m anything but your quote, and I think the conditions for libertarianism to work cannot ever be implemented. Hence I said there has never been a libertarian society and there never will be one.
I believe the condition for libertarianism to “work” would be to have a society of no one but high-IQ sociopaths. So like, it’s not ever being done.
I also don’t say I’m libertarian because I’m not.
No, but my train of thought for some matters would be considered right libertarian. I’m anything but a leftist, and my criticism for leftism/liberalism is very harsh and I know the history of the various branches of it moderately well. I think it’s fair to say that liberal attitudes and liberal policies destroyed this society. I think it’s flagrantly obvious that I’m not liberal. And I’m not a conservative, especially one who thinks it’s funny to “own the libs,” as if actual liberals are some kind of joke (they’re not).
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Not me. And I can break down the several forms of pervasive hypocrisy so common in Americans, especially liberals. Like, all of them.
And I can break down the several forms of pervasive hypocrisy so common in Americans, especially liberals. Like, all of them.
Now I’m curious. Feel free to do this if you want.
Well when I said all of them, I didn’t mean all liberals. I meant all their various forms of hypocrisy. There are actual liberals who are consistent, who I would call real liberals. The hypocritical ones are incidental liberals simply following the herd because American society is currently liberal. Plenty of these people give a liberal front but live like anything but liberals.
As I said with the transgender thread, I don’t believe a rational, intellectual examination of liberalism/leftism can be had online in the way that one about homosexuality and transgenderism cannot be had. That is an emotionally detached one. I think with you it can be had. I am at the point in which I have almost zero patience for emotive mentions of “like the Nazis,” “like the Middle East,” “misogynist,” “hate,” “bigot,” “homophobe,” “sexist,” and so on when discussing such matters.
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Let me ad economic mobility.
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If I knew something about autos, thought it was important and was an option then I’m sure I’d comment on it. However autos aren’t in the same realm of importance than politics and the way the world works.
No problem and once again I’m sorry for my haste.
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Aren’t living conditions more important?
And who spreads democracy by invading other countries, killing their people ad gaining control over their natural resources?
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The United States does not have to manufacture hatred to “rally the world against China.” The world (or at least the Indo-Pacific world) is already wary of China, based on thousands of years of historical experience. China currently has border disputes with 18 of its neighbors and an expansionist, self-centered worldview. Countries like Vietnam and Japan are aware that China has long preferred to view them as subordinates, not equals.
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