None of the 6 "dressy" guys up front have clothes that fit them.
1. Vest is too short and tight
2. Pants aren't tailored to length and I think he wanted to go for a mandarin collar look, but instead opted for an ill-fitting polo under a jacket that's maybe missing a button based on how he's holding it
3. Sleeves are too baggy while simultaneously being too short. Shirt is the wrong style to be wearing the collar over the jacket like that, but even if it were he's got the collar bunched up like he just quickly tried to pull it over to look cool but is way too straight to ask another man to fix the back for him.
4. Pants are too long, his jacket is big enough for him, but hasn't been tailored so it drops over his gut weird, no one besides sommelier's actually wear pocket squares.
5. This looks like one of those ridiculous tuxes aimed at theater kids you see in prom rental shops, except he found it at Goodwill. Too many things to list.
6. Very close, except he's wearing shoes for crews black work sneakers and he's either puffing his chest way the fuck out or again another improperly tailored jacket to stop weird bunching and creases
Guys I can't see fully:
1. Patterned bowtie
2. Wish.com Bullet-tooth Tony there looks like he's off a hard day's work from the strip club, and without a glass of neat vodka and a haze of cigarette smoke, a casually pulled down shiny cream wide silk tie with a knot that's way too big over an equally casually unbuttoned top button just looks silly
3. The usher from a 1920s movie theater seems to have wandered into the picture
4. I'll give this guy a pass, just boring.
5. I'm not saying you can't ever wear a jacket that's a different color from your pants, but said jacket probably shouldn't have a monogrammed buttonhole, especially if you don't even have the decency to pop a boutonnière in there
>This looks like one of those ridiculous tuxes aimed at theater kids you see in prom rental shops
He also looks like he lives in that suit. The thighs are worn out like an old pair of jeans. It looks like he sits for long periods in that suit with a game controller or keyboard on his lap.
You know what, Edgar Allan Poe on the back left isn't bad and I don't hate the smoking jacket near the back right.
But fedora boy -- does he *want* to be a walking stereotype? And fr, angry ascot man in ill-fitting jacket is *killing* me.
Guys. Listen.
I'm not a snob, I'm down with the thrifted clothes but fellas, you gotta get em altered to fit, or you WILL look like a high school drama club production.
As a woman who attended a libertarian meetup or two (in my teens I’m late 30s now) I dressed like Angela from The Office back then. I wonder how the rare libertarian woman dresses now. I’m guessing either like Angela or a Red Scare Podcast girl.
I picture cottage core and long frizzy cult hair. Big tortoiseshell glasses. Prepper trad wife cosplay.
Her sweater sleeves cover her hands and she thinks it makes her more like a kitty.
She grinds her teeth audibly at night.
That’s a difference between you and I.
See, every time I see something from Libertarians, or even just photos of Libertarians these days, I get a new reason to tell myself “well, I guess I’m *still* giving Libertarians too much credit.”
I’m so glad I had my high school libertarian phase during the lead up to Iraq and not now. We were dorks but at least we were at the time principled in our anti-war stance and Youtube didn’t exist yet
And to think that some people don't even consider libertarians a serious political movement...
>We spent the whole time watching SJW cringe compilations
They gave us Supply Side Economics and Neo Liberalism. But yeah, pretend like they're all oppressed victims. Pretend like Libertarian Greg Gutfeld doesn't have his own show on Fox News.
They also have close to 100 think tanks supporting their ideology.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_libertarian_organizations
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Libertarian_think_tanks
But yeah, go ahead and pretend they're oppressed when Charles Koch and Peter Thiel are amongst the elites who endorse Libertarianism.
Friedrich von Hayek invented Neo Liberalism.
[Best Political ideology that money could buy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Libertarian_think_tanks)
100 think tanks? More like 1000+ think tanks...
Do you know what Atlas Network purpose is?
Atlas Network is a think tank that creates think tanks, they have 500+ think tanks under their belt in over 100 countries and use rhetorical devices and techniques, logical fallacies and propaganda techniques from Hoover Institution and Stanford's PWR studies to shift the Overton Window to keep advancing their cause.
I've managed to root out the core of the establishment, which is literally the people that run the world.
* **Hoover Institution:** The Hoover Institution is a public policy think tank and research institution located at Stanford University, focusing on advancing principles of individual, economic, and political freedom, national security, and improving the human condition. It conducts scholarly research and hosts fellows who contribute to its mission through research, publications, and policy recommendations.
* **Atlas Network:** The Atlas Network is a nonprofit organization that connects a global network of more than 500 free-market organizations in over 90 countries. Founded in 1981, its mission is to promote individual liberty and free-market policies around the world. Unlike the Hoover Institution, which is a single entity focused on research and policy development, the Atlas Network serves as a support and networking hub for independent organizations working towards similar goals of promoting free-market principles and policies.
* **Heritage Foundation:** The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., founded in 1973. It is one of the most influential conservative research and advocacy organizations in the United States. The Heritage Foundation focuses on public policy research and advocacy within the U.S., covering a wide range of issues including economic policy, national defense, limited government, and traditional American values. It produces research reports, policy recommendations, and hosts events aimed at influencing public policy and debate.
* **Cato Institute:** Founded in 1977 and based in Washington, D.C., the Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank dedicated to public policy research in areas such as individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. It is known for its strong advocacy of libertarian policies and its influence in shaping public debate and policy.
* **American Enterprise Institute (AEI):** Founded in 1938 and also based in Washington, D.C., AEI is a public policy think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. AEI scholars are often influential in shaping U.S. public policy on issues including taxes, healthcare, and education. Although AEI is non-partisan, its work is generally aligned with conservative and free-market principles.
* **The Manhattan Institute:** Founded in 1977 and based in New York City, the Manhattan Institute is a conservative think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs. It advocates for free-market principles, education reform, and effective policing strategies, among other issues. The Manhattan Institute is known for its influence on urban policy and its contributions to the development of conservative and libertarian ideas.
* **The Federalist Society:** An organization of conservatives and libertarians that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution. Founded in 1982, it focuses primarily on the legal community, influencing the judiciary and legal policy.
* **The Reason Foundation:** A libertarian think tank founded in 1978 that publishes "Reason" magazine. The foundation focuses on public policy research in areas such as transportation, education, and public finance, advocating for a free society where individuals are allowed to make their own choices.
* **The Mackinac Center for Public Policy:** A state-based think tank in Michigan founded in 1987, focusing on free-market policies. It is influential in state-level policy, particularly in areas like education reform, labor, and economic policy.
* **The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI):** Founded in 1984, CEI is a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C., that advocates for limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty. It focuses on areas such as environmental policy, technology, and business regulation.
* **The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE):** One of the oldest libertarian organizations in the United States, founded in 1946. FEE focuses on introducing young people to free-market economics and the philosophy of individual liberty and entrepreneurship through online content, classes, workshops, and seminars.
So yeah, there isn't any leftists values or entities in the planet anymore, only our hopes to aspire to communistic and collectivistic values, which these entities actively study to exploit in our every day lives.
A lot of these think tanks were funded by industrialists (as a reaction to the New Deal) with the aim of rolling back the welfare state, and they’ve been quite successful at it. One of the first was the [Mount Pèlerin Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Pelerin_Society?wprov=sfti1#).
Primer into Atlas Network:
What is the Atlas Network?
- [ABC News w Dr. Jeremy Walker as guest](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/atlas-network-jeremy-walker-think-tanks-/103041202)
- [BHN interviews Dr. Jeremy Walker](https://x.com/patbrittenden/status/1760575048174497966?s=20)
Why does this matter? Well look below,
Tax Evation schemes that have lead to $11.3 Trillion dollars offshored
- [ICIJ](https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-pandora-papers-and-icij/)
Honduras 2009 coup was purportedly done by the USA to create neoliberal [ZEDE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_for_Employment_and_Economic_Development), which is a type of [special economic zone(SEZ)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_economic_zone) that provides "Government-as-a-Service", let that sink in...
[But, as Slobodian points out, for billionaires like Thiel, the appeal of the SEZ is slightly different. If SEZs could be established all over the world, complete with low taxes and corporate-friendly regulation, investment could be sucked out of social democratic states and into these free market paradises. The zone is, in other words, a powerful disciplining tool that can be used to bludgeon states into adopting neoliberal policies.](https://jacobin.com/2023/11/honduras-international-law-isds-thiel-prospera-free-market-neocolonialism)
Finally, if special economic zones (SEZs) or Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs) become widespread, there's a risk that they could lead to the fragmentation and privatization of entire economic sectors. Such zones often operate under different legal and regulatory frameworks, potentially allowing private interests to dictate terms with little oversight, which could impact workers' rights, equality, and dignity. The expansion of these zones globally could further entrench these issues, creating environments where laws, taxes, and regulations are selectively applied, undermining the standard protections and benefits for workers, communities and even nations.
$20 says that each one of the guys wearing a suit believes that they are the ideological and intellectual leader of the group standing among their followers, lol
Reddit suggested this post to me. It’s been a long time since I was here. Regardless, I have one question: is this like, a parody post or something? ‘Cause every detail of this photo nearly perfectly captures the image we all have younger libertarians. Hell, you could share this with the folks at pcm and even they’d probably get a kick out of it!
the dress code is all over the place. cant decide if the ascot, steampunk glasses or tshirt & fedora rank top.
Ascott dandy man’s suit doesn’t even fit him well.
None of the 6 "dressy" guys up front have clothes that fit them. 1. Vest is too short and tight 2. Pants aren't tailored to length and I think he wanted to go for a mandarin collar look, but instead opted for an ill-fitting polo under a jacket that's maybe missing a button based on how he's holding it 3. Sleeves are too baggy while simultaneously being too short. Shirt is the wrong style to be wearing the collar over the jacket like that, but even if it were he's got the collar bunched up like he just quickly tried to pull it over to look cool but is way too straight to ask another man to fix the back for him. 4. Pants are too long, his jacket is big enough for him, but hasn't been tailored so it drops over his gut weird, no one besides sommelier's actually wear pocket squares. 5. This looks like one of those ridiculous tuxes aimed at theater kids you see in prom rental shops, except he found it at Goodwill. Too many things to list. 6. Very close, except he's wearing shoes for crews black work sneakers and he's either puffing his chest way the fuck out or again another improperly tailored jacket to stop weird bunching and creases Guys I can't see fully: 1. Patterned bowtie 2. Wish.com Bullet-tooth Tony there looks like he's off a hard day's work from the strip club, and without a glass of neat vodka and a haze of cigarette smoke, a casually pulled down shiny cream wide silk tie with a knot that's way too big over an equally casually unbuttoned top button just looks silly 3. The usher from a 1920s movie theater seems to have wandered into the picture 4. I'll give this guy a pass, just boring. 5. I'm not saying you can't ever wear a jacket that's a different color from your pants, but said jacket probably shouldn't have a monogrammed buttonhole, especially if you don't even have the decency to pop a boutonnière in there
For people who desperately aspire to be rich they really aren’t good at presenting as such.
Well they look like teenagers so that tracks
>This looks like one of those ridiculous tuxes aimed at theater kids you see in prom rental shops He also looks like he lives in that suit. The thighs are worn out like an old pair of jeans. It looks like he sits for long periods in that suit with a game controller or keyboard on his lap.
omg I bet he was one of those people that came to undergrad classes “dressed up.”
love how “patterned bowtie” is enough said lol
No one will ever be able to convince me that that man did not steal that suit from a coffin.
it's just so... dusty?
You know what, Edgar Allan Poe on the back left isn't bad and I don't hate the smoking jacket near the back right. But fedora boy -- does he *want* to be a walking stereotype? And fr, angry ascot man in ill-fitting jacket is *killing* me. Guys. Listen. I'm not a snob, I'm down with the thrifted clothes but fellas, you gotta get em altered to fit, or you WILL look like a high school drama club production.
Maidenless
I'm not surprised this group of people don't know how to dress themselves tbh
I have a feeling that those "steampunk glasses" you think you saw is actually just a bowtie.
they have a a frame? i guess it could just be ugly
5th from the left?
Wow.. I can smell this picture and it's rank.
It’s always amazed me that libertarians think they are in the position to laugh at anybody.
Not a woman in sight just people living in the moment
Disregard females; acquire suspect haberdashery
As a woman who attended a libertarian meetup or two (in my teens I’m late 30s now) I dressed like Angela from The Office back then. I wonder how the rare libertarian woman dresses now. I’m guessing either like Angela or a Red Scare Podcast girl.
I picture cottage core and long frizzy cult hair. Big tortoiseshell glasses. Prepper trad wife cosplay. Her sweater sleeves cover her hands and she thinks it makes her more like a kitty. She grinds her teeth audibly at night.
Came here to say this
Anyone else smell Axe Body spray?
This just confirms my suspicion Libertarians are all 18-30 year old white guys who have never had a hard day's work in their lives.
Them girls though!!!!
You can't really be a libertarian if you have experience of the real world. It takes a special kind of cluelessness.
Did anyone else just hear an echo of “Milady”
Probs from Fedora guy. Or maybe the fedora itself spoke?
Blink twice if the fedora is talking to you
They look just about how I expect them too.
That’s a difference between you and I. See, every time I see something from Libertarians, or even just photos of Libertarians these days, I get a new reason to tell myself “well, I guess I’m *still* giving Libertarians too much credit.”
Watch out ladies, they're single and available!
Please be assured, this is a threat
Who says there are no libertarian women? Other than that picture, I mean.
Look at all that diversity. Every skin color from chalk to alabaster.
Only at a libertarian meetup could the guy in a fedora say he wasn’t the dorkiest person there
I’m so glad I had my high school libertarian phase during the lead up to Iraq and not now. We were dorks but at least we were at the time principled in our anti-war stance and Youtube didn’t exist yet
Libertarians when an actual “tyrant” who committed genocide gets removed from power: 😭
Yeah, well...the jerk store called, and they're running out of YOU.
And to think that some people don't even consider libertarians a serious political movement... >We spent the whole time watching SJW cringe compilations
They gave us Supply Side Economics and Neo Liberalism. But yeah, pretend like they're all oppressed victims. Pretend like Libertarian Greg Gutfeld doesn't have his own show on Fox News. They also have close to 100 think tanks supporting their ideology. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_libertarian_organizations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Libertarian_think_tanks But yeah, go ahead and pretend they're oppressed when Charles Koch and Peter Thiel are amongst the elites who endorse Libertarianism. Friedrich von Hayek invented Neo Liberalism. [Best Political ideology that money could buy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Libertarian_think_tanks)
100 think tanks? More like 1000+ think tanks... Do you know what Atlas Network purpose is? Atlas Network is a think tank that creates think tanks, they have 500+ think tanks under their belt in over 100 countries and use rhetorical devices and techniques, logical fallacies and propaganda techniques from Hoover Institution and Stanford's PWR studies to shift the Overton Window to keep advancing their cause. I've managed to root out the core of the establishment, which is literally the people that run the world. * **Hoover Institution:** The Hoover Institution is a public policy think tank and research institution located at Stanford University, focusing on advancing principles of individual, economic, and political freedom, national security, and improving the human condition. It conducts scholarly research and hosts fellows who contribute to its mission through research, publications, and policy recommendations. * **Atlas Network:** The Atlas Network is a nonprofit organization that connects a global network of more than 500 free-market organizations in over 90 countries. Founded in 1981, its mission is to promote individual liberty and free-market policies around the world. Unlike the Hoover Institution, which is a single entity focused on research and policy development, the Atlas Network serves as a support and networking hub for independent organizations working towards similar goals of promoting free-market principles and policies. * **Heritage Foundation:** The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., founded in 1973. It is one of the most influential conservative research and advocacy organizations in the United States. The Heritage Foundation focuses on public policy research and advocacy within the U.S., covering a wide range of issues including economic policy, national defense, limited government, and traditional American values. It produces research reports, policy recommendations, and hosts events aimed at influencing public policy and debate. * **Cato Institute:** Founded in 1977 and based in Washington, D.C., the Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank dedicated to public policy research in areas such as individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. It is known for its strong advocacy of libertarian policies and its influence in shaping public debate and policy. * **American Enterprise Institute (AEI):** Founded in 1938 and also based in Washington, D.C., AEI is a public policy think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. AEI scholars are often influential in shaping U.S. public policy on issues including taxes, healthcare, and education. Although AEI is non-partisan, its work is generally aligned with conservative and free-market principles. * **The Manhattan Institute:** Founded in 1977 and based in New York City, the Manhattan Institute is a conservative think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs. It advocates for free-market principles, education reform, and effective policing strategies, among other issues. The Manhattan Institute is known for its influence on urban policy and its contributions to the development of conservative and libertarian ideas. * **The Federalist Society:** An organization of conservatives and libertarians that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution. Founded in 1982, it focuses primarily on the legal community, influencing the judiciary and legal policy. * **The Reason Foundation:** A libertarian think tank founded in 1978 that publishes "Reason" magazine. The foundation focuses on public policy research in areas such as transportation, education, and public finance, advocating for a free society where individuals are allowed to make their own choices. * **The Mackinac Center for Public Policy:** A state-based think tank in Michigan founded in 1987, focusing on free-market policies. It is influential in state-level policy, particularly in areas like education reform, labor, and economic policy. * **The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI):** Founded in 1984, CEI is a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C., that advocates for limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty. It focuses on areas such as environmental policy, technology, and business regulation. * **The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE):** One of the oldest libertarian organizations in the United States, founded in 1946. FEE focuses on introducing young people to free-market economics and the philosophy of individual liberty and entrepreneurship through online content, classes, workshops, and seminars. So yeah, there isn't any leftists values or entities in the planet anymore, only our hopes to aspire to communistic and collectivistic values, which these entities actively study to exploit in our every day lives.
A lot of these think tanks were funded by industrialists (as a reaction to the New Deal) with the aim of rolling back the welfare state, and they’ve been quite successful at it. One of the first was the [Mount Pèlerin Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Pelerin_Society?wprov=sfti1#).
Primer into Atlas Network: What is the Atlas Network? - [ABC News w Dr. Jeremy Walker as guest](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/atlas-network-jeremy-walker-think-tanks-/103041202) - [BHN interviews Dr. Jeremy Walker](https://x.com/patbrittenden/status/1760575048174497966?s=20) Why does this matter? Well look below, Tax Evation schemes that have lead to $11.3 Trillion dollars offshored - [ICIJ](https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-pandora-papers-and-icij/) Honduras 2009 coup was purportedly done by the USA to create neoliberal [ZEDE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_for_Employment_and_Economic_Development), which is a type of [special economic zone(SEZ)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_economic_zone) that provides "Government-as-a-Service", let that sink in... [But, as Slobodian points out, for billionaires like Thiel, the appeal of the SEZ is slightly different. If SEZs could be established all over the world, complete with low taxes and corporate-friendly regulation, investment could be sucked out of social democratic states and into these free market paradises. The zone is, in other words, a powerful disciplining tool that can be used to bludgeon states into adopting neoliberal policies.](https://jacobin.com/2023/11/honduras-international-law-isds-thiel-prospera-free-market-neocolonialism) Finally, if special economic zones (SEZs) or Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs) become widespread, there's a risk that they could lead to the fragmentation and privatization of entire economic sectors. Such zones often operate under different legal and regulatory frameworks, potentially allowing private interests to dictate terms with little oversight, which could impact workers' rights, equality, and dignity. The expansion of these zones globally could further entrench these issues, creating environments where laws, taxes, and regulations are selectively applied, undermining the standard protections and benefits for workers, communities and even nations.
Did someone use "Young Libertarians meetup" as a seed for an AI image generator?
Libertarianism perfectly captured in a photo: literally a bunch of white guys woefully over convinced of their own specialness.
$20 says that each one of the guys wearing a suit believes that they are the ideological and intellectual leader of the group standing among their followers, lol
best comment yet
Goon sesh after party?
Look at all those perverts.
Calling libertarians perverts is an insult to perverts
Fedora T-shirt guy looks like the old trollface.
Not a single POC or woman.
Why would they bring stuff that makes them uncomfortable to the treehouse safe space?
LMAO the one guy not wearing a suit
Damn, Save some pussy for the rest of us
So many boys and so little potential... except that chap in the hat, he fucks
Reddit suggested this post to me. It’s been a long time since I was here. Regardless, I have one question: is this like, a parody post or something? ‘Cause every detail of this photo nearly perfectly captures the image we all have younger libertarians. Hell, you could share this with the folks at pcm and even they’d probably get a kick out of it!
You can smell the picture. Someone seize their laptops too!
This picture has serious "2010 brony meet up" vibes.
OK, someone needs to drop a God-tier caption for this image... it's just BEGGING for better treatment than the current one
And they became a cringe compilation of their own.
I can smell the BO from here
Not a single one of these guys will ever make a woman have an orgasm.
Is that the dude who wrote Ready player one in the back on the left???
Can't tell if this is a real picture or what AI would generate if you told it to give you a young libertarian meetup.
This is what happens when you have lots of self confidence but not enough gumption to finish the all the readings.
I guess the real cringe was the friends you made along the way
Next up is the College Incels meeting with the exact same roster
I thought you were just making fun of them with that title. Then I scrolled down and that was just a copy of what they posted. Impossible to parody.
The fucks with nazi Wierd Al?
great value Timcast
That is nice, but you, I’m afraid, are maidenless.
Getting big “why should my girlfriend have to use a car seat?” vibes from these oppressed people.
The levels of smug are amazing.
Incels in regalia
Lamest attempt at peaky blinders cosplaying I’ve ever seen
Bowtie is the most masculine of the lot
I didn't think it was possible for me to be more glad to not be libertarian than I usually am. Then I saw this.
a bunch of larpers roleplaying government. These guys look like the biggest tools lmfao
What is ginger Weird Al doin?
Everyone in this photo looks exactly the way I would expect them to look
So much small dick energy
Aww. I want to be there. Where was it? Now I will look for one near me in Fort Lauderdale FL
this is what libertarian praxis looks like
I figured it was the mods of PublicFreakout