Posts here have been in short supply as I have been living life and trying to get a campaign off the ground. But "11 questions to see if Libertarians are hypocrites" by R. J. Eskrow, picked up at Salon , was just so freaking lame that I spent half an hour answering them. In the end (but I'll leave it to your judgment), it is not that Libertarians or Libertarian theory looks hypocritical, but that the best that can be said for Mr. Eskrow is that he doesn't have the faintest clue what he's talking about. That's ok, because even ill-informed attacks by people like this make an important point: Libertarian ideas (as opposed to Conservative ideas, which are completely different) are making a comeback as the dynamic counterpoint to "politics as usual," and so every hack you can imagine must be dragged out to refute them. Ergo: Mr. Eskrow's 11 questions, with answers: 1. Are unions, political parties, elections, and ...
“A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.” -- Charles Wheelan, "Naked Economics"
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Yet so many Libertarians still refuse to attack Democrats. They'd rather aim their fire at fellow teammates in the Republican Party.
And you wonder why our limited government side never wins?
Opposition from those to whom you are opposed is not surprising.
Opposition (or betrayal) hurts worst when it comes from those you are close to.
Surely, you fellow travelers within Team R will come to your senses and support the Libertarian candidates for office, right?
The limited government side is the Libertarian side. Join us, we'll win.
;)
You're (as usual) missing the point
Which is a government that derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed does not need a police presence of absurd proportions and capabilities to protect itself from the citizens.