Liberia and 1990s Cambodia are good examples of libertarian societies.
A person should wonder why there haven’t been any successful libertarian societies.
Whatever happened to the Free State Project?
“Your body, like all your property, should be yours to do with as you please so long as you do not harm the body or property of others without their permission,” writes Seavey.
That’s fine, but he left out the part about taking full responsibility for harm done to one’s own body (or property) while doing as one pleases. In our society, if someone suffers harm from making stupid decisions, property is taken from others without their permission in order to help the poor unfortunate.
That is why genuine libertarianism cannot operate in this society.
A few other liberal basics:
The law does not apply to us.
Apply emotion as the basis for all governmental decisions
Silence the opposition
Destroy the opposition
Create and perpetuate victim classes
Regulate everything
Control the general population because liberals are smarter than them.
Of course libertarianism is not liberalism
He left out some things, such as: Heroin should be legal, the borders should be wide open, homosexual drill sergeants are a good idea, etc.
The biggest prob w/libertarians is the drug legalization.
I put that fight in the same vein as amnesty.
To me, there is absolutely no point in discussing amnesty until the border is controlled.
Per dope, no point in discussing legalization until the end of the welfare state.
Courts have consistently shot down state laws attempting to deny benefits to drug users.
So, I believe legalizing dope would have the effect of putting more folks on the dole, just like amnesty.
Losertarians.
libertarianism for beginners?
ok, here it is... “legalize everything, especially drugs!”
that’s pretty much it and that’s pretty much why i’m not a libertarian and never will be. i think the legalization of marijuana is a ticking timebomb, and although the war on drugs has been mostly a failure of epic proportions, that’s only because it was waged by a huge and bloated bureaucracy and it was constantly stymied by the courts and the ACLU and other leftwingers who didn’t want it to succeed. it also perversely rewarded and protected LEOs for trampling on our freedoms... but i don’t really want to get into this debate right now. suffice to say, as a Coloradan, i’m exceedingly embarrassed that the rest of the country thinks of my state as a place to vacation to for recreational drug use.
From Futurama
“Lets join the Reform Party and buy internet stocks on margin”
I prefer a society that doesn’t rely on the behavior of other people in the society. At least five miles between neighbors, with no roads. And all Northern Pagans, to keep the riffraff out. Internet access would be nice.
This is a good article, contrary perhaps to the comments below. Thanks for posting.