You are correct, sir. The problem with Libertarians is that they believe good fruit will grow without roots. Real freedom is born of virtue. Libertarians are what make big, invasive Government eventually necessary. And so consulting adults easily divorce and leave motherless children (check THEIR statistics) and porn gazers feed an industry that brings death and ruin and a culture that spreads disease.
The problem is that no one can legally enforce virtue, yet virtues are necessary for a country to even have a legal system. Any “system” that disregards morality is doomed.
Entire countries are disappearing or allowing themselves to be invaded by foreigners because of the choices of consulting adults. There comes a point when freedom is also nothing left to lose. In truth freedom is a blank page and worshipping it devoid of content is like believing that blank pages are what create masterpieces of literature.
We live in a society of rights instead of virtues. But the two are inseparable. Decadence is a real danger. If there was a country noted for its sexual freedom, it was Holland. Today a patriot for freedom of speech is on trial there. Libertarianism turns multiculturalist and multiculturalism turns anti-libertarian.
It is insane to live in a world in which everything is all about consenting adults. It’s the quick and dirty, unthinking answer. Without the virtues which Libertarians now blithely choose to ignore, there would not be civilization.
And the irony, the paradox is that they will end up getting a helluva lot more religion (in the negative sense of the term) by not defending the simple precepts. Freedom isn’t free.
“Entire countries are disappearing or allowing themselves to be invaded by foreigners because of the choices of consulting adults.”
Excellently written post in its entirety, thanks.