[Antoninus]

Testing whether our libertarian friends have a sense of humor or not...

[Filo]

Testing whether our libertarian friends have a sense of humor or not...

Absolutely! The picture was funnier than the article, but both were amusing.

WRT:

And so there’s not one single party in the political system tailor-made for an eight-foot, forest-dwelling hairy primate that skulks unknown at the margins of human civilization and whose animalistic notion of personal conduct is completely unbounded by any semblance of moral order and self-discipline.

I have two problems. One, there is nothing in the Libertarian philosophy that eliminates moral order or self-discipline. In fact, in many ways, Libertarianism would strengthen those.

The real issue is that a Libertarian believes that those should source from the people, not the government. That's all.

Second, Libertarians are at the margins politically, to be sure, but philosophically I think there are far more of us than is obvious. The basic premise of personal liberty and personal responsibility combined with minimal government is a fairly popular view by anyone who doesn't need the government to force their morals on others.