That’s my girl

Ron Paul 2012!

@TexasUberAlles  
>dermal melanin concentration  
Are you being colorist?  
(Not racist, though most racists are colorist)

@Whatevs  
I’m pretty sure relative dermal melanin concentration is a better predictor.

Did ya’ll people know the best predictor of libertarianism is how high your IQ is?

@Background Pony #FCD2  
Technically, Twilight was sent by the government at that point, and Rarity (and the rest of the Mane 6) was with her.
 
 
@SFaccountant  
Unless Rarity is actively chasing away other seamstresses, I’d hardly call being the only fashion boutique in a small town where nobody wears clothes on a regular basis a monopoly.

Actually looking at the comments, I do hope people realize I’m not being serious.

Guess that’s as good a reason as any to hit you with a brick.
 
Granted, I’m nuttier than a Mr. Peanut and would bean you no matter what you said.
 

@Sr Pelusa  
It’s one of those hilarious postscripts of history that she died on welfare because she sucked so bad at capitalism that she couldn’t afford medical treatments.

@Background Pony #FCD2  
GIVING GENEROUSLY TO THOSE IN NEED
 

 
SON I AM DISSAPOINTED

Libertarianism in a nutshell:  

@Background Pony #724B  
Of course we’re for free markets. Even if we’re wrong about how to get there (and I don’t think we are), you don’t get to tell us what we do and don’t stand and strive for.  
Of course, SOME regulation and central oversight is vital to a free and healthy marketplace. Libertarians simply think that there’s far too much, to the point that the government is more of a danger to free enterprise than a protector.

@TexasUberAlles  
Currently, the wealthiest corporations already bribe the shit out of people from both the Donkey party and the Elephant party.

@Background Pony #FCD2  
Sounds like a real good reason to stop voting for a party that lets its corporate backers write their legislation for them.

@Background Pony #9FD8  
You’re overlooking something very important to know. Currently, the government imposes very expensive license fees and regulations. The only entities that can afford these fees and regulations are the big corporations, effectively making it next to impossible for small businesses to compete with big corporations.

@Background Pony #FCD2  
Without some form of government regulation, corporations will take control. Because companies and governments are the two most powerful entities in the world, if you take away power from one, the other will immediately use it for themselves. And I’d rather take my chances with the group whose job description is “we do what the people want” rather than “we make money”. The idea that people will play nice once government regulations are torn down is frighteningly naive.

@JustTheBast  
“You’ll grow out of it when your voice changes, dear– almost everypony else does.”

@Background Pony #724B  
Of course we are for free markets. What we’re AGAINST is government control, corporatism, etc.

@SFaccountant  
Libertarians aren’t really interested in free markets, dude.

And then Sweetie Belle got her cutie mark in utilitarianism and free markets. And was forbidden from Rarity’s house forevermore for constantly pointing out that her older sister was operating a de facto monopoly in Ponyville.

Rarity, illustrating the correct response.

These comments are laughable

“Don’t fret, darling. At your age having the intelligence and maturity of a foal is still normal.”

Rarity wouldn’t care.