What would he have thought of this year's election? Would he be a Bern victim, or would he have made amends with his Commie past and voted Trump?
i thought he was very founding fathers-esqu libertarian
>>68321898
Probably would have supported Sanders. He would have called Trump a fascist and a racist.
Based as fuck guy. Wish he never died.
>>68323229
don't tarnish his name like that
he is the definition of alt-political idealogy
he would be fine with trump and bernie becaues they are both anti-establishment and be extremely vocal about how biased and corrupt the media is
>>68323580
was* ... :/
>>68321898
He would have supported Trump but constantly talked about how Trump is an idiot. When anyone implied that he was inconsistent, he would dismiss them as "political children".
>>68322566
He was a leftist
>>68321898
we can all agree he would hate Hillary with a passion, seeing as how he already did. as for Trump v Sanders, thats sort of a toss up. Hitch was becoming increasingly right toward the end of his life but idk if he would have really liked Trump over Bernie. one of the great unknowable questions of our times.
>>68321898
Seriously? He's a fucking atheist that's visited about half the planet. He would be vocally supportive of Sanders.
When pushed on it, he would state that Sanders middle east policies are naive and that we need a more aggressive stance when dealing with the barbarians of the sandlands.
>>68323812
Agreed, I doubt he would have liked the nearsightedness and aggressiveness of the left lately but still acknowledged Trump as a viable candidate, warts and all
>>68321898
I feel like elder-hitchens would sell out his ideals and support Trump entirely to fuck with muslim people
>>68322566
He was a dedicated trotskyist / socialist before he flirted with neo-conservatism and then retired from politics entirely to focus on the promotion of secularism and anti-theism
>>68323580
>>68323812
He would be vocally against Trump's appeal to the stupidest among us. He would be sophisticated rambles about the sophomoric trend of the Republican party. He would never support Trump. He was vehemently against fascism, nationalism, and Trump's approval of waterboarding and other torture.
>>68324298
>>68324298
Him being an atheist and traveling the world doesn't have much to do with it, but you might be right. It would have been interesting to see his reaction to a Clinton/Trump race though.
>>68321898
Here's how it would go:
>Hitchens would write a verbose column in slate talking about how Donald Trump is blustering, pompous, fatuous, and coarse
>5,000 words later
>...But Hillary Clinton is 10 times worse, and must be stopped at all cost
>>68323952
>If you are a libertarian you may find some nourishment in my book [Letters to a Young Contrarian] where I say that in the same breath as I-as I mourn the decay of some of my socialist allegiances that deep down I've always been a sympathizer of the libertarian anti-statist point of view. And one of the things that attracted me to socialism in the beginning was the idea of withering away of the state.
Anti statist then I suppose, maybe still left leaning though. It would have been interesting to see where he would go if he hadn't died
>>68324651
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIVEsa2g4ag
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