Jeremy “Spike” Cohen, Presenting Libertarian Views
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Jeremy “Spike” Cohen (born June 28, 1982) is an American libertarian political activist, entrepreneur, and podcaster. He was the Libertarian Party‘s nominee for vice president of the United States in 2020, serving as Jo Jorgensen‘s running mate.
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I sat down with Spike Cohen, Libertarian activist and 2020 vice presidential nominee, to discuss why he rejects the Republican-Democrat duopoly and embraces alternative paths to make an impact. As a staunch advocate for individual freedom and former political candidate, Spike has been deeply involved in the Libertarian Party, but electoral politics isn’t the only way he’s working to put his beliefs into action. His organization, “You Are the Power”, informs and organizes individual Americans to successfully lobby politicians and bureaucrats to reverse unjust policies and enforcement practices. Rather than viewing elections as the only solution to deep institutional corruption, Spike focuses on the power of person-to-person communication. His approach has proven highly effective in opening the eyes of government officials to the harms they cause, putting them on notice that the public is watching, and successfully pressuring them to change their ways, in the video published on Oct 24, 2024, by Dad Saves America, as “Spike Cohen: Your Government Is Sponsoring Human Trafficking“, below:
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Libertarians have always struggled to communicate their ideas in a way that is appealing to the average person, mainly because they won’t stop quoting dead economists, to the point where it becomes a drinking game. @LiterallySpikeCohenSpike Cohen, former Libertarian Party candidate for vice president and founder of You Are the Power, wants to change that. In this conversation with Matt Kibbe, he explains that the basic principles of libertarianism can be boiled down to respect for one’s fellow human beings and that this is an idea that just about everyone can understand and appreciate. Instead of referencing obscure economic concepts and spreadsheets full of data, we can tell a story about values that will connect with audiences, not just on an intellectual level but an emotional one as well, in the video published on Feb 21, 2024, by Free the People, as “Libertarianism Is About Respect|Guest: Spike Cohen|Ep 267“, below:
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Libertarian activist and 2020 vice presidential candidate Spike Cohen explains why collectivism inherently creates perverse incentives that stifle productivity and innovation. While tribalism might have once served humanity in low-tech, rural communities, in today’s interconnected world, our tribal instincts can be weaponized and co-opted by ideological movements, as illustrated by Communist nations during Creates Growth”, below: the 20th century. The recent wave of American populism on both the left and right has reinvigorated tribal sentiments in various forms, largely in reaction to the so-called ‘neoliberal consensus’. Free trade, balanced budgets, and deregulation appeared to be the ‘settled science’ of governance following the fall of the Soviet Union. However, chaotic responses to the economic and foreign policy crises of the 21st century have upended those assumptions, in the video published on Sep 4, 2024, by Dad Saves America, as “Spike Cohen: Collectivism Destroys Prosperity, Individualism Creates Growth“, below:
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For the past year, we’ve been building a network of activists, candidates and elected officials across the country to set America free, in the video published on May 18, 2024, by Spike Cohen, as “Turn The Power Back On“, below:
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Cohen has asserted that his and Jorgensen’s platform was derived from the Libertarian Party platform. This includes reducing the national debt by reducing the size of government, extensive criminal justice reform and the immediate release of those incarcerated for victimless crimes, demilitarization of the police and the creation of police accountability programs.[10][11][5]
Cohen supports presidential pardons for Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Ross Ulbricht, and Leonard Peltier.[12][13][14]
Cohen, a former ally of performance artist and perennial candidate Vermin Supreme, ran during his vice presidential primary campaign on a largely satirical platform promoting free ponies, mandatory tooth brushing, “zombie power”, killing “baby Hitler” and “baby Woodrow Wilson“, and promoting anarchy.[15][3][16] Cohen promised that should these not be achieved within the first 100 days of his vice presidency, he would resign and be replaced with Baby Yoda.[3]
After officially receiving the Libertarian vice presidential nomination, Cohen acknowledged that such humor tactics were “all fun satire to bring people in”, adding “(t)hen you hit them with the actual message. The actual Libertarian message of self-ownership and non-aggression and voluntary solutions and property rights, and so forth.”[11]
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