I sympathize with you there. Both parties at this point are just plundering everyone else at this point, there are no real values. Liberterianism is pretty distant from your standard Republican but it is even further from progressivism so Republican it is in a uncomfortable de facto sort of way. I think it is more of…

Hicks was absolutely liberterian even if the word wasn't en vogue yet. You can hear it in all his works from his feelings about drug legalization to federal authoritarianism in Waco with David Koresh and general distrust of government.

Yeah, except for Alice Cooper, Prince, Michael Graves, Johnny Ramone, Billie Joe Armstrong, Neil Peart, Dwight Yoakam, Krist Novelsic, Arlo Guthrie, Ben Harper..in Hollywood Gary Oldman, James Caan, Penn Jillette, Raymond Teller, Bruce Willis, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Bill Hicks..in literature Saul Bellow, later…

What's up hosers? It's me, Dave.

Home Alone, when Kevin is about to eat a big plate of macaroni and cheese before he is interrupted by the clock chime. Every time I watch it, I hope somehow the narrative changes and he is able to finish it.

You're spot on about his politics but don't pin everything on the fringes of the Republican party. Up until five years ago, Trump was a lifelong Democrat.