Star Trek: The Libertarian Edition

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  • Their mission: to seek out new life and new civilizations, and leave them alone. Trade with them if they want, but mostly leave them the hell alone.
    In honor of Star Trek's 50th Anniversary, Reason presents the Libertarian parody of the final frontier, with appearances by Gary Johnson and Remy.
    Written and produced by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Andrew Heaton. Shot and edited by Bragg and Bragg.
    About 4 minutes.
    Visit reason.tv for downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason TV's UA-cam channel for more content like this.

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  • @TonberryShuffle
    @TonberryShuffle 7 років тому +869

    "It's nice but I just don't want to throw my vote away."

    • @seanb6478
      @seanb6478 3 роки тому +44

      As true as this is, we need to disregard this attitude so we can have Libertarians in power.

    • @TonberryShuffle
      @TonberryShuffle 3 роки тому +11

      @@seanb6478 Agreed completely.

    • @TonberryShuffle
      @TonberryShuffle 3 роки тому +17

      @@memunist5765 This comes with other problems that are potentially worse. I think the best way going forward is a prefered choice method.

    • @NWLee
      @NWLee 3 роки тому +11

      @@memunist5765 Since when have politicians fulfilled their promises?

    • @mari-leefiducia8640
      @mari-leefiducia8640 3 роки тому +1

      Wow this is really NICE for all of us to meet here ...
      #TheFirstOnesFree
      #THECRAZYONES
      SHE was on Your ballot ...

  • @CorrodedCoin
    @CorrodedCoin 7 років тому +321

    "It's a _gay_ fruit basket."
    LOL

  • @greg20067
    @greg20067 8 років тому +645

    i love how they switched the mushroom cloud from right side to left side

  • @JP-rf8rr
    @JP-rf8rr 6 років тому +782

    "Its a wedding cake for a gay couple"
    "You win this round"

    • @elgeneraldelnorte6145
      @elgeneraldelnorte6145 3 роки тому +14

      Its funny too cuz George Takei is actually gay

    • @SeaJay_Oceans
      @SeaJay_Oceans 3 роки тому +7

      @@elgeneraldelnorte6145 Happy Birthday to George, on April 20th !

    • @cptfarzkizz8823
      @cptfarzkizz8823 3 роки тому +13

      It's a gay fruit basket 😂

    • @infernalstryfe
      @infernalstryfe 3 роки тому +6

      @@SeaJay_Oceans Am I the only one to find it ironic that George, & Adolf, share the same month, & day, of birthdays?

    • @MassHystarix
      @MassHystarix 3 роки тому +2

      @@elgeneraldelnorte6145 the only thing wrong is he doesn't support them making sulu gay

  • @absolutefoot4594
    @absolutefoot4594 6 років тому +334

    'KAAAAahHhngress!'
    That really caught me off gaurd lol

    • @RockOfLions
      @RockOfLions 3 роки тому +5

      A red shirt should have suddenly appeared out of nowhere to go flying over the trailing

    • @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025
      @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025 3 роки тому +2

      That was brilliant!😂😂😂😂😂

    • @WilHiteWarrior
      @WilHiteWarrior 3 роки тому +1

      @@RockOfLions there actually was one lol just gone so fast you might not notice :D If you watch on the left right when he starts shouting, you'll see a redshirt go flying XD

    • @SuperHez
      @SuperHez 2 роки тому

      I laughed out loud at that

  • @falsehero2001
    @falsehero2001 8 років тому +816

    "Ster Trek: The Libertarian Edition" Isn't that Firefly?

    • @tituspullo3946
      @tituspullo3946 5 років тому +88

      We (fans) thought so too. But Joss Whedon went off his rocker.

    • @CaptainGinyu
      @CaptainGinyu 5 років тому +17

      that's Space Quest

    • @haalogen1917
      @haalogen1917 5 років тому +7

      That's Star Wars

    • @acendiatmedia8747
      @acendiatmedia8747 4 роки тому +29

      The show seams that way because it's about civilians but the alliance in fire fly is straight up fascist. If Star Trek followed civilians you would see that the Federation is as libertarian as anything. The federation is just military and science exploration as far as the shows indicate. It's unclear if they have any authority over civilians. It's like if the US cut the government down to just the military. There is no indication of nationalization and it seams people own private property. It's post scarcity money is just not very relevant.

    • @Sewblon
      @Sewblon 4 роки тому +22

      @@acendiatmedia8747 In Firefly the alliance are the bad guys. In Star Trek, labor is still clearly used, and still scarce. So its not post-scarcity in the strictest sense. They don't make those Galaxy class cruisers in replicators. Someone has to actually build and maintain them. So I think that Firefly is still more libertarian.

  • @MrHatoi
    @MrHatoi 7 років тому +294

    And of course it's exactly 4:20 long.

  • @openskies11
    @openskies11 8 років тому +379

    Computer, what is Aleppo?

    • @freestate208
      @freestate208 5 років тому +10

      Awesome

    • @Delosian
      @Delosian 4 роки тому +35

      Thanks to Gary Johnson I now know where Aleppo is, but despite what the talking heads said, I still don't care what is going on there. As George Washington said, beware of entangling alliances.

    • @brookeking8559
      @brookeking8559 4 роки тому +7

      MetaSimian, I knew, but I’m kind of a nerd about geography and archeology. I didn’t care that Gary was caught off guard or whatever because he probably knew all the governors of the six Mexican border states, perhaps from in-person meetings. That’s more important information for a US president.

    • @halasimov1362
      @halasimov1362 3 роки тому +1

      What is Rand/Massey for 2024 Alex.

    • @AT-il2ej
      @AT-il2ej 3 роки тому

      @@brookeking8559 and then we found out he didn't....

  • @DangRenBo
    @DangRenBo 4 роки тому +231

    Reason is so self aware. I love it.
    "I just don't want to throw my vote away."

    • @simonmultiverse6349
      @simonmultiverse6349 Рік тому

      SPACE ... the Final Front Ear...
      not forgetting Davy Crockett... who had a strange growth.... known as the Wild Front Ear.

    • @gfarrell80
      @gfarrell80 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/l7l9QmtiXHU/v-deo.html

  • @hiro2protagonist
    @hiro2protagonist 8 років тому +209

    "we bombed a wedding, again." great line.

    • @hiro2protagonist
      @hiro2protagonist 8 років тому +1

      Itsmeeman1 And that makes it ok? I don't care if it was Hitler's wedding...it's still bs.

    • @Itsmeeman1
      @Itsmeeman1 8 років тому +2

      William Brown I was just pointing out that it's actually happened in real life. Nothing more.

    • @hiro2protagonist
      @hiro2protagonist 8 років тому

      Itsmeeman1 well yeah, it does happen in real life. And that's awful.

    • @KzLIshKenChe
      @KzLIshKenChe 3 роки тому +2

      @@hiro2protagonist obama bombed a weedding its a reference to it

    • @hiro2protagonist
      @hiro2protagonist 3 роки тому +1

      @@KzLIshKenChe yeah, that’s why I said it’s a great line. Bc it’s a sad but true thing.
      By 2013 we’d already bombed 8 wedding parties.

  • @BeEtLjOoZ
    @BeEtLjOoZ 8 років тому +117

    'And then some guy in a red shirt goes flying over the railing.'

  • @revan0890
    @revan0890 6 років тому +112

    "It's a gay fruit basket." Had me in stitches. 😂

  • @Stilgarsan
    @Stilgarsan 3 роки тому +80

    At the "we've run out of forms, captain", I was thinking at first, they could just replicate new forms. Then I remembered the replicator bit from before. Then you alluded to this very bit. You sirs, have better world building than Kurtzman Trek.

  • @mrgreenbean5933
    @mrgreenbean5933 7 років тому +49

    I really respect that they reached out to Gary and got him to do this!

    • @johnlittle3430
      @johnlittle3430 Рік тому +9

      It's not like he was busy doing anything else.

    • @slamdunktiger
      @slamdunktiger Рік тому +5

      @@johnlittle3430 911, we have a burn victim

  • @Anans1_Spyd3r
    @Anans1_Spyd3r 6 років тому +30

    The Gary Johnson part was pure gold

  • @malcolmt7883
    @malcolmt7883 8 років тому +357

    Has there ever been a non gay fruit basket?

    • @theawecabinet
      @theawecabinet 8 років тому +58

      Well how about the Greeks who liked their grapes. Oh wait that doesn't work. What about sailors and their efforts to avoid scurvy? Oh wait that doesn't work either. No you're right.

    • @thepbg8453
      @thepbg8453 7 років тому +4

      I have a fruit bowl

    • @Johnny_Nitro
      @Johnny_Nitro 6 років тому

      nice 👍

    • @vagabondwastrel2361
      @vagabondwastrel2361 4 роки тому +4

      Yes, it contains cured meats, heavily peated whiskey, fresh coffee and triple ply toilet paper.

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig 3 роки тому +1

      Bowl of cherries is your safest bet, I think.
      Weird how so many fruits convey feminity or sexual undertones... I credit the Victorians and their "language of flowers" for this.

  • @ABW941
    @ABW941 8 років тому +626

    At the moment Iam unable to tell if this was glorifying or mocking Libertarians.

  • @endlessetudes2029
    @endlessetudes2029 8 років тому +821

    Am I the only one who thought it was comical and left it at that?

    • @LyleAllenCairns
      @LyleAllenCairns 8 років тому +17

      I thought it was funny

    • @burtonryan50
      @burtonryan50 8 років тому +23

      I thought it was hysterical.

    • @InnocenceExperience
      @InnocenceExperience 7 років тому +3

      Yes. Yes you were.

    • @eddyborges2075
      @eddyborges2075 7 років тому +2

      EndlessEtudes I fell off my couch 10 seconds in laughing my ass off.

    • @AegisEpoch
      @AegisEpoch 7 років тому +2

      yes. but i had to ignore itches..

  • @pwnmeisterage
    @pwnmeisterage 6 років тому +70

    1:00 Half/Half Lives Matter, lol. I'm making this one a poster.

  • @Ryukuro
    @Ryukuro 3 роки тому +36

    "this is the year Bitcoin takes off" holy shit I laughed so hard.

    • @PhilosophyVajda
      @PhilosophyVajda 3 роки тому

      It only took five years for everybody to kind of be just like Well I guess it is

    • @jdb2002
      @jdb2002 2 роки тому +1

      And now, it crashed and burned.

  • @Jacob7393
    @Jacob7393 8 років тому +660

    Sad that people can't get over their political butthurtness to see how freakin hilarious this is

    • @thisismyname3928
      @thisismyname3928 6 років тому +3

      How's this badboy holding up so far?

    • @ADerpyReality
      @ADerpyReality 5 років тому +16

      It's nice but I don't want to throw my vote away ;).

    • @JPG.01
      @JPG.01 4 роки тому +11

      Isn't that a hallmark of good satire? Good satire has to be biting. Dare I use the word "offensive". If it's funny and creates political butthurtness it did all it had to.

    • @stellarcolonies5697
      @stellarcolonies5697 3 роки тому +1

      The only thing about it which makes me butthurt is the TOS uniforms on the TNG set, lol.

    • @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025
      @jebidiahnewkedkracker1025 3 роки тому +3

      Well, I will admit I voted for Hillary over Trump, and subsequently Trump over Biden, but that part of the video where "Kirk" stares dumbfounded at the two choices in the "unwinnable test", just about killed me from laughing so hard.😂😂😂😂

  • @alexernst9448
    @alexernst9448 7 років тому +24

    Kirk in the Tribble pile: "Good idea, except we asked you to help us with our pest control problem, not encourage people to breed more of the fuzzy little bastards."

  • @SunnyIntervalsORG
    @SunnyIntervalsORG 7 років тому +16

    Please do more Libertarian TV show parodies. They're brilliant!

  • @leonsantana3646
    @leonsantana3646 5 років тому +18

    Oddly enough the whole “leave them alone” thing is very prime directive

    • @jv-lk7bc
      @jv-lk7bc 3 місяці тому

      prime directive came mainly from the Vulcans. go figure

  • @squirrelgolem
    @squirrelgolem 8 років тому +56

    All agenda aside, that was pretty funny.

  • @abelstypewriters
    @abelstypewriters 8 років тому +48

    Pure comic gold. "We bombed a wedding (beat) again". That by itself makes this entire video worth it.

  • @robstevenson6432
    @robstevenson6432 3 роки тому +32

    "Live long and prosper at the expense of taxpayers" -- I need to remember this when I email my Congressperson/Senator.

  • @allnamesaretakenful
    @allnamesaretakenful 8 років тому +135

    They should do the Libertarian version of Alien. "In Space, no one can hear you say "what's Aleppo?"

    • @xxshevilxx
      @xxshevilxx 8 років тому +3

      lol

    • @caatabatic
      @caatabatic 6 років тому

      That's the dog food right? Lol.

    • @chrisjones5949
      @chrisjones5949 6 років тому +1

      This got an honest-to-god laugh out loud from me. Well played, sir.

  • @dashy9482
    @dashy9482 2 роки тому +11

    The inertial dampeners scene was gold. Pure. Gold

  • @ancapftw9113
    @ancapftw9113 8 років тому +7

    could you do a "voyager" version of this? I noticed that the longer they stayed away from the magic marketless federation, the more they needed to do things based on trade, the more important supply and demand were, and the more they needed to innovate.

  • @MrWayne1701
    @MrWayne1701 8 років тому +700

    The part where they compared this election to the kobayashi maru test made me laugh...Definitely a no-win scenario in 2016!

    • @Aeroldoth3
      @Aeroldoth3 8 років тому +8

      Third party.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 8 років тому +10

      I believe in Wrath of Khan, it was pointed out that Captain Kirk hacked the computer to avoid the no win scenario. :-)

    • @ethnicity
      @ethnicity 8 років тому +7

      >third party
      lmao

    • @JazukaiX
      @JazukaiX 8 років тому +10

      No-win for you maybe

    • @80s_Boombox_Collector
      @80s_Boombox_Collector 8 років тому +3

      JazukaiX = Clinton voter

  • @help4343
    @help4343 6 років тому +22

    "Mostly leave them alone"
    You mean like the Prime Directive says they are supposed to do?

    • @thunderspark1536
      @thunderspark1536 4 роки тому +1

      That is a fair point given how often they show themselves to a prewarp culturr

    • @actionsub
      @actionsub 3 роки тому

      There would be no conflict...if the Enterprise actually abided by the Prime Directive, there'd be no show worth watching.

    • @electrictroy2010
      @electrictroy2010 3 роки тому +2

      So basically season 1 of TNG
      .

  • @ericsimonson8540
    @ericsimonson8540 Рік тому +3

    “…and prosper at the expense of taxpayers”, couldn’t be more accurate.

  • @SeaJay_Oceans
    @SeaJay_Oceans 5 років тому +13

    "2016 Gary Johnson received nearly 4.5 million votes (3.27% of the total vote), which is the most for a third party presidential candidate since 1996 and the highest national vote share for a Libertarian candidate in history."
    It would be nice to improve the accounting of the USA, pay down some debt, and boost the economy.
    Nothing happens if the currency is worthless and we all go bankrupt.
    Construction and Real Estate development is a good thing as long as it makes consideration for wild life and green space.
    Net Zero buildings are ideal, and no body enjoys living in a dull, grey lifeless city of concrete and steel.

    • @thebookwasbetter3650
      @thebookwasbetter3650 4 роки тому

      Meh. Like saying Mo was the smartest stooge.

    • @flowerpt
      @flowerpt 3 роки тому +1

      Is that a population-adjusted 'highest'?

    • @rickwilliams1253
      @rickwilliams1253 3 роки тому

      You want to pay down the debt, tell congress to stop overspending

    • @rickwilliams1253
      @rickwilliams1253 3 роки тому

      The currency is worthless anyway, it's fiat guaranteed by government not gold silver or any other metal of worth

    • @rickwilliams1253
      @rickwilliams1253 3 роки тому

      Net zero buildings, we came live underground leave the real-estate alone the animal population may recover without our intervening all the time.

  • @nand8203
    @nand8203 7 років тому +12

    That Gary Johnson bit was hilarious 😂

  • @johngalbraith696
    @johngalbraith696 7 років тому +8

    This video was MUCH better than I thought it would be. A +

  • @RRW359
    @RRW359 8 років тому +341

    Don't we already have this? They're called Ferrengi episodes.

    • @charlesdickinson6341
      @charlesdickinson6341 7 років тому +5

      RRW Can't...stop... Laughing!!!

    • @kuriousitykat
      @kuriousitykat 7 років тому +14

      my understanding is that ferengi were created as a counterpoint to the 'socialism' of STU but somewhat parodied/mocked re 'invisible hand' Market God with the ferengi rules of acquisition almost literally raising 'capitalism' to a cult/religion status with pseudo temples of "Mammon'.

    • @Diax1324
      @Diax1324 7 років тому +9

      kuriousitykat It's a great tease on how people have basically elevated capitalism to the god-like status it's been accredited with (I.E. Everyone who says it's absolutely the best system which can do no wrong, despite the dozens of economic crashes that have occurred directly because of capitalistic/libertarian ideals).

    • @Shanbo26
      @Shanbo26 7 років тому +2

      Nope, they were called the Mirror Universe episodes.

    • @Mark-xh8md
      @Mark-xh8md 6 років тому +13

      Are you stupid? No, let me rephrase before you answer: HOW stupid are you? I'm not even Libertarian, and even I realize that the mirror universe is as far from libertarianism as it's possible to get.

  • @RedSiegfried
    @RedSiegfried 6 років тому +24

    I gotta say, whether you're on the left or the right, that's some funny shit right there.

  • @johnmckown1267
    @johnmckown1267 Рік тому +2

    Actually, The Federation really supposed to be "hands off" other societies unless they had star drives. Kirk didn't much abide by that.

  • @johnlittle3430
    @johnlittle3430 Рік тому +1

    I love how Libertardians really think that a nightmare plutocrat like Gary Johnson would magically result in roads that aren't falling apart, buildings that aren't crumbling to the ground, and healthcare that isn't ten times more expensive than its current extortionate cost. They are so adorable.

  • @woolsey1977brian
    @woolsey1977brian 4 роки тому +11

    doesn't matter what your politics are, this is funny.

  • @marxnutz
    @marxnutz 6 років тому +6

    This is ludicrously, ridiculously hilarious! Well done!

  • @baltsosser
    @baltsosser 6 років тому +12

    That is how you do good comedy SNL, take notes from this video.

  • @romitkumar6272
    @romitkumar6272 Рік тому +2

    2:11 unless it's cheaper to manufacture and ship parts from different star systems than to make everything in one place.

  • @mikecane
    @mikecane 7 років тому +8

    Freakin hilarious! Especially the battle with the replicator.

  • @Liberty4Ever
    @Liberty4Ever 8 років тому +10

    Hilarious! You win the internet for this week. Maybe the month.

  • @lendial
    @lendial 8 років тому +14

    This was was reasonably enjoyable.

  • @josemarti6896
    @josemarti6896 8 років тому +143

    Maybe in 2020 the LP will have actual libertarians on the presidential ticket? Nice cameo but no thanks Gary. I've got a cake to not bake.

    • @ChopperSakura
      @ChopperSakura 8 років тому +10

      The fact that the cake issue is the forefront of all arguments against Gary Johnson makes me lose hope in humanity. It really would be good if an asteroid hit earth.

    • @intoxicary
      @intoxicary 8 років тому +6

      With all the things Trillary would do if elected, this is enough reason for you to write off Johnson?

    • @Friday1970
      @Friday1970 8 років тому +9

      I dunno, giving money to planned parenthood goes against all things libertarian. But Gary Johnson wants to do this? Like I said, I dunno, but seems against everything libertarians are supposed to stand for

    • @ChopperSakura
      @ChopperSakura 8 років тому +1

      Friday1970 Anything tax related is against the libertarian stance. I swear you social conservatives are gonna fuck up this movement.

    • @ReillyRealEstate
      @ReillyRealEstate 8 років тому +4

      No kidding right!?
      Hopefully they can nominate a full on anarchist so they can go back to getting 0.3% of the vote and can lose all the ballot access Johnson gets them so they can go back to using all the time, effort and money just to get on the ballot to get 0.3% of the vote again.

  • @jaik195701
    @jaik195701 3 роки тому +1

    My hometown hero, Youngstown’s own, openly-mafia-connected-congressman Jim Trafficante is shown briefly saying his signature “Beam me up!” that he used as an expression of incredulity at the behavior of government. He lived in the house that my grandma lived in years earlier .

  • @candiduscorvus
    @candiduscorvus 8 років тому +8

    I love the Kobayashi Maru voting booth.

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell 4 роки тому

      I do love how you guys insist on two party system; )

  • @benighted09
    @benighted09 8 років тому +33

    I love the scene when Bones has to refuse medical help to an alien that has not met his yearly deductible and does not have the funds in his account. "Bones can you save him?" "Yes Jim but he is financially unable to be saved". Bravo libertarian Star Trek.

    • @rebekahisvulcan7391
      @rebekahisvulcan7391 8 років тому +4

      Has that ever happened? Because I never seen a doctor turn down anyone, perhaps you have.

    • @TheBoBabsin
      @TheBoBabsin 7 років тому +14

      Rebekah is Vulcan No, because there's laws against doctors refusing people care. Of course, in a libertarian society, the government would never exercise such an egregious misuse of power as to tell a doctor that he can't let someone die.

    • @joshuabrown7815
      @joshuabrown7815 6 років тому +3

      Charity hospitals exist and help millions. Even more before government got involved

    • @zendell37
      @zendell37 3 роки тому

      The problem in the end isn't exactly cost to the person needing help, it's actual legitimate cost of the product offered. The person couldn't afford it in the United States. But could easily afford it in another "first world country" simply because the healthcare industrial complex hasn't run amok.

  • @RedBloodedAmerica
    @RedBloodedAmerica 8 років тому +199

    Reason, stop trying to make Gary Johnson a thing. It's never going to happen.

    • @MikeBrady68
      @MikeBrady68 8 років тому +2

      I agree, you are a simple man. :-)

    • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
      @0neDoomedSpaceMarine 8 років тому +22

      I agree, Gary Johnson is a bullshit excuse for a libertarian.

    • @MikeBrady68
      @MikeBrady68 8 років тому +1

      him t your mom is

    • @RedBloodedAmerica
      @RedBloodedAmerica 8 років тому +11

      ***** Well...
      - he's back and forth on "assault" rifle ownership.
      - he believes in federal gun control
      - he believes in political correctness
      - he believes "illegal immigrant" is an inflammatory term
      - he believes in anthropogenic global warming
      - he believes in taxing carbon emissions
      - he does not believe in religious liberty
      - he does not believe in freedom of association
      - he supports Black Lives Matter
      - he supports TPP
      - he politically sides more with Bernie Sanders than with any of the other conservative candidates
      - he supports mass importation and federal resettlement of refugees
      - as a Governor he nearly doubled New Mexico's debt.
      - he said Hillary Clinton was a great public servant

    • @RedBloodedAmerica
      @RedBloodedAmerica 8 років тому +5

      ***** Are you kidding me? Most of those things he has said on video. For example, in terms of climate change he said, "I do believe climate change is occurring, that it is man-caused. One of the proposals that I think is a very libertarian proposal - and I'm just open to this - is taxing carbon emissions and may have the result of being self-regulating."
      video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000544595
      If you think I'm a Trump supporter or am part of the alt-right, you're barking up the wrong tree. You know what they say about those that assume though.
      But yes, Bernie Sanders is an inflammatory term for me considering he is the biggest progressive politician to run for office since FDR.
      How about about you get your nose out of Johnson's ass-crack and take a look at his what is coming out of his mouth for a change?

  • @JoesGuy
    @JoesGuy 8 років тому +26

    Is this supposed to make me be supportive or pessimistic towards libertarians? O_o

    • @AKlover
      @AKlover 8 років тому +6

      It is supposed to point out the stupidity of the other two options. One option (trump) is clearly less bad but still shit.
      Edit To Add. Gary Johnson is not a Libertarian, please don't think him typical. At current he seems to be there to insure Hillary's election.

    • @JoesGuy
      @JoesGuy 8 років тому

      AKlover
      Out of curiosity, who is currently considered the most libertarian candidate?

    • @AKlover
      @AKlover 8 років тому +1

      ***** Perhaps Johnson by a hair, and not much. Hard to know where Trump specifically falls on a given issue since his speeches are catered to 8th grade level educated people with no grasp of economics. Were he to sit down and be questioned by a bunch of historians and economists I think Trump would surprise a lot of people.
      Libertarianism is antithetical to virtually everything Hillary believes and stands for. Some people are too stupid to grasp the difference between a permissive lefty fascist and A true "Libertarian Leaner" ...........or they care about nothing other than smoking pot.

    • @JoesGuy
      @JoesGuy 8 років тому +4

      AKlover
      In short, we're not likely to see a true libertarian primary candidate in the near future, by the sound of it.

    • @AKlover
      @AKlover 8 років тому

      ***** Will not matter. Real Libertarians are never going to be more than 5% of the population. Unless all of the sudden the federal and state governments go broke and lose their power to do violence. This happening would cause people to reassess what is in their self interest and overnight half the population becomes hardened capitalist Libertarians.
      The other fact is 95% white and 98% plus male. Go to a large gathering of Libertarians and you will likely question even the 2% female. Put 10,000 Libertarians in a room. Throw out the "Supportive Spouses, "Honey potters" working on behalf of a non-profit or business, and "breeder Wives" and what will be left is 3 female Libertarians. I wish I was exaggerating but I'm not.

  • @shawnhenderson606
    @shawnhenderson606 6 років тому +2

    There is a ton of people commenting on here with absolutely no concept of what a libertarian is

  • @mawgans.9646
    @mawgans.9646 7 років тому +2

    Gary Johnson looked so sad at 1:31. Sometimes I think that man needs a hug.

  • @jackskellingtonsora
    @jackskellingtonsora 7 років тому +5

    I'm not a Libertarian. But that ending made me laugh so hard.

  • @GeoFry3
    @GeoFry3 8 років тому +7

    "Gay Fruit basket" Kind of a redundant statement don't you think?

  • @Sailorsega
    @Sailorsega 7 років тому +3

    Well done, guys. Very funny. My favourite skitt was the inertial dampeners one.

  • @jonathanstrasner2594
    @jonathanstrasner2594 8 місяців тому +1

    Anyone notice the video is 4:20 long?

  • @sid2112
    @sid2112 6 років тому +2

    Conservative Trump supporter here, that was the best comedy at Trump's expense I ever saw. That's all I'm asking for, clever comedy! Kudos and thumbs up.

  • @JacquesLapeyre
    @JacquesLapeyre 8 років тому +19

    Star Trek isn't possible in a libertarian context because there would be no governmental infrastructure to run Starfleet and no taxes of any kind to pay for it. Starfleet would be a totally private entity if it existed and thus would have no incentive to leave alien cultures alone if it was more profitable to fuck with them. There would be no entity legally in the position to stop them or even remotely powerful enough to enforce such rules if they did. It would very quickly become the rule of Trade Corporations with private militaries and would resemble the world of the 17th and 18th centuries.

    • @metamorphicorder
      @metamorphicorder 5 років тому +4

      @ConfusionFusion except everything you said was wrong.
      Feringi had tons of laws either actual or culturally imposed that regulated their economy. They even had a figure head in the grand nagus. Their society is more like scentura than it is capitalism or libertarianism. You don't seem to know much about star trek or politics. This isnt a strong subject for you.
      The shelliac were probably more close to true libertarians or anarchists than most other star trek species.

  • @KeatrithAmakiir
    @KeatrithAmakiir 8 років тому +92

    lol Star Trek regularly mocks the libertarian stance; or have you just ignored the entire Ferengi race?

    • @johnson542
      @johnson542 8 років тому +31

      Ferengi are definitely not libertarian. Too many rules of acquisition.

    • @tg798
      @tg798 8 років тому +28

      34th rule of acquisition- war is good for business
      very libertarian mhm

    • @trajan74
      @trajan74 8 років тому +7

      Other people's wars.

    • @PCLoadLetter
      @PCLoadLetter 8 років тому +14

      35th rule of acquisition- peace is good for business

    • @dreamcore
      @dreamcore 8 років тому +5

      Libertarians aren't a race!

  • @sergioesamayoa
    @sergioesamayoa 6 років тому +4

    I don't get tired of this video, every time I watch it makes me laugh!

  • @thomaskennedy7512
    @thomaskennedy7512 7 років тому +1

    "Live long and prosper at the expense of taxpayers" I fucking died lmao

  • @lupuscorvus841
    @lupuscorvus841 8 років тому +2

    "I don't believe in unwinable scenarios" I died.

  • @skylarscaling
    @skylarscaling 8 років тому +82

    Libertarians treating each other like True Scotsmen up in this piece. Way to focus on what's important guys! Arguing over details instead of supporting someone who actually wants to reduce the size and influence of government, and is campaigning in a way that won't scare off all the "muh roads" statists that fear deregulation. Look at the big picture instead of nitpicking. Fuck.

    • @supersonicdickhead374
      @supersonicdickhead374 8 років тому +1

      pragmatism is sorely underrated, yet in all cases you have to work with what you got

    • @HamsterPants522
      @HamsterPants522 8 років тому +2

      The libertarian party has never been truly libertarian, and it literally can't be. This discussion has been going on even since it was founded.

    • @Valleyraven007
      @Valleyraven007 8 років тому +7

      'He's not libertarian enough'
      So they'd rather have a fascist dictator snake oil salesman or a complete communist Mao style chancellor? We either get V for vendetta or 1984. I don't get it man, it's a step in the right direction guys, and he can appeal to both sides and it'll be better than what we have now

    • @joelhenderson3723
      @joelhenderson3723 8 років тому +1

      +supersonic dickhead
      Pragmatism is severely overrated. It's the reason most people refuse to even consider third party candidates; mention libertarians, Green party, or whatever your particular favorite is, and you will get a funny look and an answer along the line of "Yeah, that'd be great, but get real. They'll never win."
      If less people wanted to be "practical," and just voted for the candidate they thought was best, we would have a much better shot of actually making a change.
      +Carlos A
      The term 'legal citizen' does not require a corollary term 'illegal citizen' to be valid. It simply clarifies the meaning of 'citizen' as a legal term, rather than other fairly common uses, like applying it to anyone who lives in a country.

    • @supersonicdickhead374
      @supersonicdickhead374 8 років тому

      Joel Henderson you could just as easily say being pragmatic means abandoning your partisan view and looking at a 3rd party if that 3rd party will get you closer to your goal.

  • @holidayhouse03
    @holidayhouse03 8 років тому +66

    Johnson ain't this...Johnson ain't that....where were y'all when Bob FUCKIN' Barr and Wayne Allen Root were the ticket. Voting for McCain probably.

    • @ArtyCraftZ
      @ArtyCraftZ 8 років тому

      Yes, Bob Barr sucks more than Gary Johnson. This doesn't mean that Gary Johnson doesn't suck because not sucking as hard as Bob Barr Isn't very hard.

    • @holidayhouse03
      @holidayhouse03 8 років тому +3

      maybe the LP needs to stop nominating republicans for the presidential ticket

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons 8 років тому +5

      They also need to quit pretending that their free market policies are congruent with actual liberty.

    • @NiveusCornix
      @NiveusCornix 8 років тому +4

      Fk that where were we for Ron Paul?

    • @hughmungus1374
      @hughmungus1374 8 років тому

      The LP hasn't run a good candidate since Harry Browne.

  • @kriyadas3280
    @kriyadas3280 7 років тому +4

    Libertarian Star Trek; Great idea, but already taken. It's called Firefly by Joss Whedon

    • @acendiatmedia8747
      @acendiatmedia8747 4 роки тому

      Ehh they are more anarchist/sovereign citizen types. It could be said they are anti globalist. But if you really dig into Star Trek is actually very libertarian.

  • @Crick1952
    @Crick1952 7 років тому +1

    He should have spared wits with some Ferrengi and played a game of tongo while complaining about how stupid it is that humans don't use money anymore.

  • @alexandermichas898
    @alexandermichas898 3 роки тому +2

    2:03 actually the Galaxy Class is manufactured at the Utopia Planitia shipyards in Mars Orbit, entirely in the Sol System. I would have gone with the Nebula Class for this joke because it can still be called a "cruiser" and was not manufactured in the Sol System.

  • @THLM-jo2yu
    @THLM-jo2yu 7 років тому +6

    "Your choice is unavailable" lol

  • @russoft
    @russoft 8 років тому +57

    Gary Johnson is a LINO

    • @lyonbrpi
      @lyonbrpi 8 років тому

      no Joe Miller whose running for Senate in Alaska, is a LINO. Gary is practically an AnCap compared to him

    • @TheSuburban15
      @TheSuburban15 8 років тому +1

      He's running as a libertarian, but doesn't seem to understand the non-aggression principle, +Carlos A. That's. . . pretty significant.

    • @lyonbrpi
      @lyonbrpi 8 років тому +1

      Not everyone that understands the NAP has to be an anarchist

    • @marshaul
      @marshaul 8 років тому +3

      Statements like "people with brains don't do x" are for simpletons.
      So far, none of the NAP refutations I've read are even internally consistent, much less convincing.

    • @TheSuburban15
      @TheSuburban15 8 років тому +2

      When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. - Socrates

  • @mzk1489
    @mzk1489 8 років тому +12

    Funny, but contradicts itself. Johnson wants to force you to make those cakes.

  • @eggsnspam
    @eggsnspam 8 років тому +2

    I couldn't stop laughing! Gary Johnson piece, with the pout and the replicator! LOL!!!
    Ok just to put my nerd hat on, you're using the next generation bridge while using TOS' uniforms.

  • @Fiery154
    @Fiery154 3 роки тому +1

    How have I been missing these?!
    THEY ARE GOLD !!!

  • @poeticpursuits1332
    @poeticpursuits1332 5 років тому +4

    "Impractical Klingon Bladed Weapons"

  • @100thMkey
    @100thMkey 8 років тому +5

    "What is Aleppo?" - Gary Johnson 2016

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 5 років тому

      No, no, no.
      It was: "What is a leppo?"

    • @acendiatmedia8747
      @acendiatmedia8747 4 роки тому +2

      Let's be honest how many people actually knew what Aleppo was? Sure if you are in the House or Senate you probably get briefings but most people don't know the specific cities in Syria and didn't associate the conflict there with Aleppo!

  • @QuikdethDeviantart
    @QuikdethDeviantart 3 роки тому +4

    “Kaaahhhhn....gresssss!”

  • @michaeldriggers7681
    @michaeldriggers7681 4 роки тому +1

    Poor Gary Johnson, I voted for you!

  • @Phoenixesper1
    @Phoenixesper1 8 років тому

    I wanna see a bonus scene at the end where he continues asking the replicator for unavailable items.
    A Plastic bag.... your choice is unavailable.
    Non ethanol gasoline.... your choice is unavailable.
    Absinthe.... your choice is unavailable.
    Gold coinage.... your choice is unavailable.
    Skittles.... your choice is unavailable.
    A taco bell burrito... beep beep boop... With actual beef.... your choice is unavailable.

  • @scienceandliberty
    @scienceandliberty 8 років тому +60

    Gary Johnson is a joke. There hasn't been a real libertarian presidential candidate since Harry Browne.

    • @Letrus100
      @Letrus100 8 років тому +4

      Still better than the other choices... plus it doesn't really matter who wins the election so you might as well vote for the best choice.

    • @DeimosSaturn
      @DeimosSaturn 8 років тому +6

      Johnson is closer to being a libertarian than Trump. You're idiocy is the reason Rand Paul and Ron Paul never got sufficient votes. No true scottsman bullshit means the status quo always wins.

    • @pandoradoggle
      @pandoradoggle 8 років тому +3

      No true Scotsman would call Gary Johnson a joke.

    • @johnnysolami
      @johnnysolami 8 років тому

      .

    • @treizTUBE
      @treizTUBE 8 років тому

      I see what you did thar

  • @VlaamsSoldat
    @VlaamsSoldat 8 років тому +23

    But what is an Aleppo? Acronym right?

    • @Folopolis
      @Folopolis 8 років тому +4

      Aleppo: noun. None of the U.S. government's business.

    • @VlaamsSoldat
      @VlaamsSoldat 8 років тому +2

      Folopolis
      Could not agree more but Johnson is a phony Libertarian and I doubt he has the intellectual honesty to push an American position.

    • @chemblah4
      @chemblah4 8 років тому +3

      Not being the US Gov't's business does not excuse ignorance of world affairs. And Aleppo is the US Gov't's business, not necessarily for military intercession, because how the situation in Syria resolves will dictate diplomacy in the region for decades to come.

    • @robertmiller6444
      @robertmiller6444 8 років тому

      Fol - question for you: if you were to come across one person assaulting, raping, mugging, or even killing another person, what do you do?
      Is your position that you have a "moral" obligation to stay out of other people's business? Or is your position that a person has a moral obligation to aid those whose person or property (you know, those tings of great importance to libertarians) are being violated - meaning actually standing up for those principles of the inviolability of person and property that libertarians value?
      I agree with most libertarian principles, but to my thinking, "non-involvement under any circumstance" is not an argument but an excuse for lack of ethical integrity and the intellect to understand the difference. It's not an argument, it's putting dogma as an excuse to avoid having to make intellectually and ethically challenging choices.

    • @Folopolis
      @Folopolis 8 років тому

      Robert Miller Here's the way I see it, if you're walking the streets and happen to find someone being attacked, you help. If you live in Indianapolis and hear that Detroit is dangerous so you go there looking to fight crime, that is vigilantism and not okay, if you go to Detroit and offer security services as a charity that is good. The parallel to the security charity would be setting up a refugee camp and providing guards for it.
      It is not our business to settle Syria's fights, but if we can find a few square miles to defend in the corner of the country that would be fine IMO.

  • @hemms3
    @hemms3 8 років тому +3

    What is the Aleppo System?

  • @sandycarty9115
    @sandycarty9115 8 років тому +1

    I'm a small business owner and I hate society and I think if you weren't born with 'it' you should never have it. I am a proud Libertarian. Thank you.

  • @Phanshee
    @Phanshee 7 років тому +1

    Libertarian got their Star Trek with Firefly. It was cancelled after 14 episodes

  • @josefprobst7090
    @josefprobst7090 5 років тому +16

    "Does this really need to be a thing?" Nope it doesn't.

    • @flowerpt
      @flowerpt 3 роки тому

      Nor do we need thirty types of deodorant!

  • @laurabeane8862
    @laurabeane8862 7 років тому +4

    The Computer (annoyed), "You win this time."
    (Segment Ends at 420. Hmmmm...)

  • @ronsutton4853
    @ronsutton4853 8 років тому +81

    Gary Johnson is no libertarian

    • @db-zc9xv
      @db-zc9xv 8 років тому +6

      I've been a registered Libertarian since before you could grow that shapely beard of yours. Gary Johnson IS a Libertarian.
      You are a Trump supporter

    • @ronsutton4853
      @ronsutton4853 8 років тому +11

      db what is libertarian about a carbon tax?

    • @ronsutton4853
      @ronsutton4853 8 років тому +3

      db do you think I'm 20 or something? Lol

    • @NarpytheCrimeDog
      @NarpytheCrimeDog 8 років тому +1

      Ron, Carbon Tax is a means to ensure companies actively try to reduce emissions, encourage alternative fuels, and a way for the government to collect money to support research, deal with problems from pollution, and enforce the regulations. It's not inherently independent, Republican, or Democrat - it's not a social issue (libertarians are concerned with personal SOCIAL issues). The carbon tax is a proposed solution to edge society into advancing.

    • @ronsutton4853
      @ronsutton4853 8 років тому +12

      NarpytheCrimeDog libertarians are about small government and not forcing people to do things against their will. A carbon tax is big government taking your money by force.
      We are alrdy advancing, everyday. Time to end climate change alarmism.

  • @robjohnston1433
    @robjohnston1433 7 років тому

    I find the Libertarian philosophy and policy programme utterly ludicrous, BUT .... these videos are hysterical! Keep it up and I may vote for you anyway!!!

  • @itsnotatoober
    @itsnotatoober 6 років тому +1

    This comment section read aloud at once would be one giant streetlight shattering WELL ACTUALLY

  • @cursedhfy3558
    @cursedhfy3558 Рік тому +3

    Surprisingly Trump ended up being not terrible. Abraham accords, no new wars, and the economy was good.
    The biggest reason to vote for him though is because he started real anti establishment momentum and is the closest thing to third party ever.

    • @480darkshadow
      @480darkshadow 7 місяців тому +1

      He’s republican, like hard core too, far from a moderate, basically the face of the party, how is that third party?

    • @cursedhfy3558
      @cursedhfy3558 7 місяців тому +1

      @480darkshadow youtube won't let me post vids, mentiswave did a video on this.
      Basically elites telling on themselves.

  • @UndeadTurning
    @UndeadTurning 7 років тому +5

    This still made me laugh. Though, a missed opportunity.
    "What's an Allepo" themed joke.

  • @markryan3018
    @markryan3018 8 років тому +10

    "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many"
    --Righty Star Trek

    • @bolivardigriz8847
      @bolivardigriz8847 8 років тому +1

      The few = Polytricktians, their bankster and Korporat $pon$or$, superPACs, special interests, wealth redistribution recipients.
      The many = Working stiffs and taxpayers.

    • @acendiatmedia8747
      @acendiatmedia8747 4 роки тому +1

      You do realize that is a pro individualism right?

  • @HawkGTboy
    @HawkGTboy 7 років тому +2

    I love the attention to detail regarding all of the computer sound effects.

  • @troyskeete8372
    @troyskeete8372 8 років тому +1

    The ending was genius.

  • @josephteller9715
    @josephteller9715 8 років тому +3

    Ferrengi are Libertarians in the Trek Verse, with a small touch of alt-right misogynny.
    And they are the great trading empire known for shooting itself in the foot, destroying their own environment and selling weapons to both sides of wars whenever possible. Quark is shown as an example of one such being as he slowly develops over his story arc to learn that the various prejudices that were built into his society are wrong and that sometimes you need to take a side in a war for your own survival and that of your people.
    He goes from Conservative Libertarian to true Liberal over the course of Deep Space Nine. No longer hating other species and believing in equality of the sexes etc.

    • @ewanhassall7350
      @ewanhassall7350 7 років тому +2

      The ferengi are not libertarians. They are pure anarchists. there is a difference.

  • @Illiteratechimp
    @Illiteratechimp 8 років тому +70

    star trek is in a post scarcity economy, this video is hilarious, but libertarian politics dont really apply here

    • @nathanploeg310
      @nathanploeg310 8 років тому +2

      Way to ruin it lol

    • @TIMEtoRIDE900
      @TIMEtoRIDE900 8 років тому +1

      That assumes free - unlimited energy and free - unlimited robot labor.
      There is also a shadow of Communism, where individuals are evaluated and assigned careers, and there is no property ownership or money.

    • @Illiteratechimp
      @Illiteratechimp 8 років тому +6

      Right, a post scarcity economy has learned to harness cheap abundant energy and robots/automation can provide for at least all basic needs of every human.
      I would like to think that in this world those who want to work get the jobs they want, this universe does seem to be a return to communism (return, since early bands and tribes of people lived communally)

    • @TIMEtoRIDE900
      @TIMEtoRIDE900 8 років тому +1

      But then a given person can NOT become "wealthy" by having the larger house, the larger boat/yacht, even the larger family of, say, 8 kids, as everything is "equalized".
      An accomplished 50 year old man is roughly as wealthy as a 23 year old "slacker".
      There would still have to be rewards for "merit".

    • @marsneedstowels
      @marsneedstowels 8 років тому +3

      There is nothing preventing you from building your own giant house with servants. But instead of buying it all you have to convince others to help you build and supply it all. To convince others you need social cache. To build social cache you need to prove your merit. Also there does exist money, crime, and all that we enjoy in our society now, but most of the shows revolve around Star Fleet.

  • @lmiddleman
    @lmiddleman 8 років тому +6

    Spelled name wrong [HRC uses two L's, not one] on the ballot of the no-win scenario.

    • @ReasonTV
      @ReasonTV  8 років тому +40

      Good eye, but that's because this video takes place in an alternate timeline precipitated by the destruction of Romulus in the late 24th Century where Hillary spells her name with one "L".

    • @comunistubula4424
      @comunistubula4424 8 років тому +4

      3:11 You mean no "undocumented" phazers and tricorders.

    • @lmiddleman
      @lmiddleman 8 років тому +11

      ReasonTV Good answer. Also acceptable: our universal translator was running Windows.

    • @Katatawnic
      @Katatawnic 8 років тому +2

      +ReasonTV
      Mandela Effect weirdo. 😂

    • @eKoush
      @eKoush 8 років тому +3

      no need antohny. no need for bad silly jokes.

  • @MikesOrganicVideos
    @MikesOrganicVideos 2 місяці тому

    This was much better than I was expecting. Some funny stuff.

  • @alanatrevelyan4538
    @alanatrevelyan4538 7 років тому +1

    Props to Gary Johnson for being a good sport!