People are constantly balancing their own self-interest against the interests of others and society as a whole, and they are inherently unpredictable about which one they will choose in a given situation. Therefore, any system that relies on people to consistently choose one over the other, self-interest or altruism, is basing its future on a wholly unsupported proposition.
At #30 you claimed 'reliance on self-interest' to be a flaw in a libertarian society.
It's not a failing of libertarians, it's a part of the human condition. In a fully libertarian society, the society must rely on the altruism of all or most of its members in certain situations - I merely suggest that this is a rather risky supposition.
Not so;
--- In a constitutional republic, which is the prefered government form of libertarians.
--- Wouldn't you agree?
And not because of libertarian nature, but because of human nature.
Yep, guess it is human nature to over-generalize about the political motives of those they oppose.
People are constantly balancing their own self-interest against the interests of others and society as a whole, and they are inherently unpredictable about which one they will choose in a given situation.
Therefore, any system that relies on people to consistently choose one over the other, self-interest or altruism, is basing its future on a wholly unsupported proposition.
I've seen no libertarian system that so proposes. - Have you?