HBO's "Deadwood" - A Libertarian's Dream City

[Yavin4]

For those of you fortunate enough to have HBO, they have a new drama about a gold mining town in South Dakota called Deadwood. The back story of this drama is that this town was given to the Sioux Native Americans, but when gold was discovered, a whole town of gold rushers took over the town. Now, the town is unincorporated, and there's no law and no government. It's a town where every man is out for himself.

IOW, Deadwood is the Libertarian's ideal city. No laws. No regulations. Everything's legal including gambling, prostitution, and drugs. Oh, one more thing, there's a murder every day.

[KG]

1. and since there's no laws against murder, nobody is punished

ever get the feeling libertarians haven't really thought thru their positions?

[MrBenchley]

2. The strong prey on the weak

and life is cheap....

Say, what's the difference between a libertarian and an ordinary right wing loony?
The libertarian has a modem.

[sweetheart]

6. very funny joke

i've noted it for further repeating... thanks.

:-)

Sounds like poverty is the real problem... poverty of spirit.

[mot78]

10. That must explain why they populate FR

RimJob only keeps them on to make FR look inclusive to liberals since they are socially liberal.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. LOL! "haven't thought thru their position"

I'll give you an idea about how they figure their world works. We'll start with something Laura Bush said when she and George first came into office. Laura was being interviewed and she was asked how she would resolve the teacher shortage that was caused because of low pay for teachers. She said that there were people who were naturally attracted to those kinds of jobs because of their personalities. They weren't in it for the money, she explained. They were in it because they enjoyed helping people. So it was not a money issue at all. They were nurturer types and the shortage could be resolved by recruiting from the military, service people who met those qualities!

Little did she know that Georgie had other plans for those service men and women.

Anyway, the bottom line is, that Libertarians believe that people with natural predatory instincts are just rugged individualist and that a free society should not put any obstacles in their way. Everybody else, however, must do all the low-paying service jobs that keep our society going and keep the Libertarians at the level of comfort that they've grown accustom to.

And if I had to stereo-type, I'd say they drive humvees. Not very reassuring when commissioners and city attorneys drive humvees. Makes you kind of wonder if they know something you don't.

[Sulldogg]

3. I may be mistaken

but I've never heard a libertarian, and I know a bunch, advocate making murder legal.

[ixion]

4. yep... I'd have to agree with that...

;-)

[private_ryan]

5. why do you have to ruin it for him with facts?

n/t

[KG]

11. in this fictional liberarian town, there are no laws - about anything

the point being, murder is niether legal nor illegal.

[Sulldogg]

12. no,

this is not a fictional libertarian town, it's a fictional anarchist town.

[KG]

13. it's fictional.

ok?

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. The big question is, how many Libertarians are also survivalist?

They thrive on chaos, but they also realize that society will eventually implode because of it.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

7. Statist! Your a a Statist!

Im really glad to see someone taking some potshots at the libtertarians.

[FeebMaster]

9. What's wrong with

making gambling, prostitution, and drugs legal?

[Cat Atomic]

14. I think American Libertarian ideas could work.

It'd be an ugly fucking world, but it could work.

Feudalism worked too, it just didn't provide a particulary pleasant lifestyle to the majority of those living under it.

I think they get so wrapped up in their idealism, that they never stop to consider the impact these systems would have on the actual population.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. Oh, they've considered it. They're relying on everyone else to do the

right thing, while they break all the rules.

[Cleita]

17. Libertarians want all this freedom... for themselves and no

one else. The day comes that the neighbor's dog poops in their yard or barks all night and they find there is no one to call or to complain to, you then hear all the whining.

[Yavin4]

18. The Whole Point of the Show Is That Basing A Society On Greed

without laws will eventually lead to complete chaos.