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John McAfee manifesto: Open US borders, end War on Drugs and abandon TSA 'in its entirety'
I B Times ^ | 9-17-2015 | Anthony Cuthbertson

Posted on 09/17/2015 9:07:03 AM PDT by Citizen Zed

US presidential candidate John McAfee has released his manifesto for the 2016 elections, revealing policies that include opening US borders to immigrants, ending the War on Drugs, and abandoning the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) in its entirety. McAfee, who founded the antivirus software company of the same name, confirmed his unlikely presidential bid – as a new third party candidate – earlier this month with the campaign slogan "privacy, freedom, and technology".

The 1,700-word manifesto lists 10 key policy areas: foreign policy, War on Drugs, immigration, taxation, education, welfare, TSA, economy, cyber awareness and the FDA (Food and Drug Agency). McAfee claims there is "much, much more" to be added but what is described lays out his political leanings and intents.

One of the first acts of a McAfee administration would be the wholesale decriminalisation of marijuana, while possession of any chemical substance intended for self administration would be considered "at most a misdemeanor". Should McAfee be elected in 2016, this policy, combined with his intention to open US borders, would likely face strong opposition from conservative Republicans.

The antivirus mogul, who is also a regular columnist for IBTimes UK, revealed last week that he believed the world is facing a cyber war more dangerous than nuclear devastation: "The next major war will not be fought with guns, ships and missiles. It will be a cyber war with far more devastation than could possibly be achieved by our combined nuclear arsenals.," he says.

In order to address this, McAfee suggested that the US follows in the footsteps of Australia by setting up a cabinet level position to bring cyber awareness and cyber security education into the government. According to McAfee, the recent creation of Australia's Digital Transformation Office revealed how far behind the US was lagging in this area.

"This should shame us," McAfee's manifesto states. "A country with one tenth our population and nowhere near the global leadership position that the US aspires to recognises that they cannot survive without cyber awareness within its leadership.

"We must look hard at this example and ask ourselves how we got to the tragic situation of cyber illiteracy that we now occupy. If this does not immediately change we will be relegated to the bottom ranks of important nations and we will in every respect wiped out by more astute nations."


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KEYWORDS: 2016election; anthonycuthbertson; bitcoin; cryptocurrency; cyberparty; election2016; johnmcafee; liberaltarians; libertarian; libertarians; manifesto; mcafee; medicalmarijuana; moneylaundering; murder; racketeering; twitter
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To: Citizen Zed

What, no free anti-virus software in every pot?


21 posted on 09/17/2015 9:23:55 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Citizen Zed

Open US borders: very, very stupid. Welfare overload, ISIS, Ebola!

End war on drugs: Agree. get the F***ing Feds out of it and let states decide. End the DEA.

Abandon TSA: Agree. Who wouldn’t’ want one less Gestapo agency that sucks up money and commits 3rd degree rape and 4th amendment violations every day.

McAfee is a radical libertarian. Some very good ideas, some very bad ones.


22 posted on 09/17/2015 9:24:42 AM PDT by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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To: ctdonath2

Wow...what a scum bag!!!

I have heard about his soft ware but had no clue this was him....I wouldn’t use his products, heard nothing but bad...


23 posted on 09/17/2015 9:25:53 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("Go TRUMP 2016!!! All the Way to the White House!!!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Shouldn’t this guy be in jail?


24 posted on 09/17/2015 9:27:29 AM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: VRW Conspirator

25 posted on 09/17/2015 9:28:45 AM PDT by Paul46360
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To: VRW Conspirator

26 posted on 09/17/2015 9:28:47 AM PDT by Paul46360
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To: Citizen Zed

The new Libertarian candidate? Actually, I believe he’s planning on starting his own party, so who knows?


27 posted on 09/17/2015 9:30:57 AM PDT by livius
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To: Citizen Zed

Remember, this is a guy who is open and unashamed about his love for heavy psychotropic drugs like methamphetamines and pcp, and he is also a “person of interest” in a homicide in a foreign country, which he fled.

I really don’t think that his campaign is going to get much traction :)


28 posted on 09/17/2015 9:31:19 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
  1. What's his FR nick?
  2. Finally, an appropriate running mate for Jeb/Marco/Ben/Perry/etc!
  3. Finally, the perfect candidate for the Democratic Party nomination!

29 posted on 09/17/2015 9:32:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: HarleyLady27

Ever heard of “McAfee Antivirus” software? He’s that guy. Smart and successful, but happens to be a total lunatic.


30 posted on 09/17/2015 9:32:25 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Responsibility2nd
Do you think McAfee used the term "Manifesto", or it was used a pejorative by the author of the article? The ideas presented by the article (out of 1700 pages?) seems equally designed to make the McAfee look cracked, which in fact he might be, but I'm sick of hit pieces. I think the average American is capable of putting together a position paper that equals most if not all of the Presidential nitwits candidates. Having real discussions about how to handle the problems of the country is what this whole process should be about, not ad hominem hit pieces.
31 posted on 09/17/2015 9:41:51 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Citizen Zed

People would find a new country to live in real fast. The smart ones anyway.


32 posted on 09/17/2015 9:45:32 AM PDT by JohnCorvinus
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To: Durus

Pages? Article says words. In any event, I’ve learned all I need to know by the FR comments here.

This guy is a libertarian nutcase.


33 posted on 09/17/2015 9:50:37 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: Citizen Zed

What is he smoking?


34 posted on 09/17/2015 9:54:04 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Citizen Zed

Open borders would be much less a problem if ALL entitlement programs were scrapped (phased out so that current enrollees no longer pay +tax benefit until they are back to zero balance.....and current users receive benefits until they pass). Then the only reason to come across the border would be to get a job (no additional benefits), and maybe actually assimilate. As it stands now, they (yep, they) are coming across for the goodies (with some exceptions), and the intention to vote themselves more largess and basically turn the United States into a better shinier version of the crapholes they came from.

Pity

KYPD


35 posted on 09/17/2015 10:00:10 AM PDT by petro45acp (It's about the Constitution limiting government (madison) or unleashing government (wilson))
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To: Citizen Zed

This guy has always been certifiable.


36 posted on 09/17/2015 10:10:10 AM PDT by RiseUpPatriots (Trump/whoever, the country wins.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’d rather have McAfee as POTUS than any Dem/Leftist.


37 posted on 09/17/2015 10:18:02 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Lunatic


38 posted on 09/17/2015 10:20:32 AM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
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To: A_Former_Democrat

He’s the perfect fit for the Democrat Party


39 posted on 09/17/2015 10:24:12 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ctdonath2

He is a leftist, and a Democrat in all but name.


40 posted on 09/17/2015 10:24:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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