... Somalia, in other words. Libertarians actually do believe the state...one hand, and the Libertarians political party on the...knowledge, ethics and aesthetics. Libertarianism is the political expression of...for very sound reasons. Libertarianism holds that it is ...
... of your rather narrow stereotypes. Libertarians place a high value on... of their own money, etc. Libertarians want people to have maximal... to fund abortion services, or libertarians being forced to fund state...
Pascal - statism = big government libertarianism = small government anarchy = no government ... I contend that statism and libertarianism are direct opposites. OK with...? It's a metter of degree. Libertarians will take issue with moves...
... wingers is not appropriate for libertarians in any case, as right..., all of which libertarians oppose. The antithesis of libertarianism is statism, in...
... sentence is not quite right - libertarians believe the state\'s concern... be protection of individual rights. Libertarianism is based on the principle... further questions. Cheers for now Richard
For all those who sneeringly dismiss libertarianism on the grounds that it's never been tried: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/libertarian-herman-mashaba-elected-mayor-of-johannesburg/article31942363/
Yes Adam, Johnson would be a breath of fresh air in the debates. He has polled far higher than any Libertarian Party candidate before him. Trump certainly has little in common with anything libertarian.
You're wrong there - libertarians support trade unions and worker .... Can you give examples where libertarians have supported laws that undermine...
... or right about being a libertarian" That's fairly harsh, given that... the central tenet of libertarianism is the non-aggression principle...
"Libertarians take the view that all government is bad" Not so - the libertarian view is that the function of government should be limited to protecting individual rights. You are referring to the anarchist view of government.
... of the less well-off. Libertarian-style small government does not... anarchists have a different view. Libertarians would not want a situation...
... from claiming the same status?" Libertarians hold that a government's job... criminals) as the basis for libertarian thought.
"Richard’s Naziphilic." Sorry OAB, libertarians dislike collectivists of all stripes - race-based, class-based, whatever
... law-abiding rest of us. Libertarians believe running a justice system...
You realise that libertarians and authoritarians are polar opposites?
Nearly, Draco - they're not libertarian enough.
' “The libertarian ideal” recognises that the state should protect one’s right to property, but not one’s right to life.' Not so - the state should protect the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Please note I wasn't making claims, Bradbury did that. I was suggesting that his assertion needed to be confirmed or refuted. You claim to have done that and I will accept it. BTW I wear the neoliberal (i.e. libertarian) label with pride.
Libertarianism means small government, NOT no ...
So what harm has he done apart from making a few regulars here steam with envy? You can't seem to grasp the libertarian ideal of mutual co-operation and trade, living one's life without causing objective harm to others ("hurt feelings" don't count).
Anything... except violating the rights of others; by living in peaceful co-existence. The libertarian ideal.
Are you claiming Castro and his regime were not mass murderers? Please also explain the link you have made between libertarianism and my comparison of Castro with other mass murderers.
"Now, watch out for the Democratic circular firing squad locking and loading. The Greens and Jill Stein will be blamed. The Libertarians will be blamed. White supremacists will be blamed. Bernie Sanders will be blamed." You forgot global warming.
I think Ron Paul is still respected among U.S. Libertarians but comes across as a bit eccentric. Johnson comes across as more of a regular guy
"What I think libertarians need to deal with real ...
"Talley’s employed practical Libertarian principles" By which you must mean they used no coercion or fraud in their dealings with others.
"...the closer to Libertarianism any country gets, the more ...
... middle course between classical liberalism (libertarianism) and socialism. Later it became...
... have a strange understanding of libertarianism, a political school of thought...
... on their part. "Scratch a Libertarian and find a slavering sociopath...
... on their part. "Scratch a Libertarian and find a slavering sociopath...
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