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In reply to the discussion: Why Libertarianism Doesn't Work [View all]quaker bill
(8,224 posts)19. My point is that even if tried, it would not work
True, the attempt would be ugly and well worth a great deal of effort to avoid.
Bottom line, people always want their "freedom" personally, but when their neighbor puts a junker vehicle on blocks in the front yard, they want government to do something about it. I have been to Homeowners Association meetings (as a guest speaker). They are a great example of what the people do with "government" when you bring it down local and put it in their hands.
What happens is the precise opposite of anarchy. Given the freedom to do as they wish, people make up rules and enforce them upon each other....
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Libertarians -- People who don't plan to have children and who don't think they
JDPriestly
Dec 2011
#11
Very well stated, their vision versus the reality of the past, present and future.
freshwest
Dec 2011
#17
"The people with the money and guns will always abuse the people who don't have the money and guns"
napoleon_in_rags
Dec 2011
#18
Libertarianism is the belief you can travel to mars in a wright brothers plane. n/t
deacon
Jan 2012
#35
No one thinks it works except delusional robberbaron types, delusional folk who aspire to be
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#43