[from occupied ga]

Why is it libertarians are so willing to use technology developed up to this point and forego the rest? Honestly, what would an island (or Rand's hidden valley) full of libertarians consist of, if they had to start from scratch

You Libertarian haters conveniently ignore the fact that the most expensive and the lowest quality way to get anything done is to do it through government. If the untold billions of dollars wasted by the government fed hogs at the scientific research trough had been available to private industry we'd have a whole lot more to show for it.*

Or are you one of these people who believe that without the NEA there is no art and without NIH, NASA, etc. there is no science.

Read Bastiat

*Look at the difference in government schools and private schools, the post office and UPS etc.

[Shryke]

I don't have Libertarians - I happen to agree with alot of their beliefs - particularly government inefficiency. HOWEVER, where I draw the line, is science. We've discussed this before, occupied: real scientific leaps, the kind that keep America on top, require LARGE amounts of funds, as well as scientists*. Does that mean every leap requires a giant pool of resources? No. It just means that the majority of them do. It frustrates me that Libertarians cannot grasp the necessity of technological dominance, and the resources needed to maintain it.

*Now before you go on a rant concerning technologies that were invented and realized 50+ years ago, I'll advise you to stick to modern times - we don't live 50 years ago.