Libertarians, please chime in about why removing enforceable societal norms is NOT making people crazy.
Question 2) How many babies in, say, Chad or Azerbaijan are on Prozac?
“Question 2) How many babies in, say, Chad or Azerbaijan are on Prozac?”
Likewise, how many babies in those countries were spanked when they acted up? Also, same for US, 100 years ago.
Agree, but in Afghanistan, they give babies opium:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/afghan.opium.kids/index.html
There used to be those little bottles of Paregoric. Some American mothers used it to make their babies stop crying or even just to make them go to sleep when they wanted them to sleep. Very convenient.
Joshua defined libertarianism on organization of the state of Israel. Choose whom you will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
The first level of collectivism is the family. The Judeo Christian tradition is layer of an onion from there. Voluntay institutions of social control a one layer outside the famiy. These are the churchm, the PeeWee League.
Local government is the first layer of government. Most Libertarians say Self control is the first level of government. Family is the second level of governemtn.
Destruction of the family and local government is the goal of those who favor big central government in DC... or the Hague.