totally untrue. what about the philosophy of the non initiation of force? and i believe self ownership is the root of the philosophy. not land ownership.
What about it? Try and explain how that works in governing people.
And you are simply incorrect about "self ownership"... That is just part of the window dressing to attain the real goal, which is the equivalency if ALL Ownership.... And the idea that the individual can not be ruled.
Libertarian policies would forbid the State from determining land use... Leaving it entirely up to the owner of the land.... But the State is nothing but the collective will of other citizens, so the purpose of this policy is to give total power to the individual to do whatever he pleases... But only if he OWNS.
Ergo, you can strip mine your land without regard to the effect that has on other's land, or on the health of those who own no land, but live downwind.
Seriously... It is every man for himself... And that is ALL libertarianism is.
It is predicated upon stupid ignorance of historical attempts at the same idea, that all fell apart.
if libertarianism is so dangerous, then what is the better alternative? surely not what we have now. what about peaceful anarcho-capitalism? how about a truly free society with a real free market? too idealistic? people always say that about things that have never been done before but that doesn't mean it's impossible
Get this thru your head... The GOP has been trying that free market crap for 30 years... What did it get us?
A "free energy market" got us ENRON, Rolling brown outs, market manipulation, and 20 billion dollars extorted from California taxpayers by a company that STILL went bankrupt.
A "free banking market" got us usurious credit rates, massive banking mergers, and rampant market manipulations of mortgage futures that shifted hinders of billions of dollars into the hands of a few hundred people, at the cost if world wide economic collapse... Banks too big to fail, who keep ALL of their profits and force the public to pay all of their losses.
Oh, and banks illegally foreclosing on homes they couldn't even prove they held the mortgage on.
A "free oil trading market" got us the manipulations that sent gas over $4 in 2007, which initiated the economic collapse, and which is right now sending the price of gas over $4:50.
And why? World oil production is UP! And US domestic production is way up, and our oil imports way down! There is no shortage of supply... So why the high prices? BECAUSE in a free market, SPECULATORS manipulate the price of oil.
And, finally, what has a "free market" in terms of deregulating Lobbying and campaign finance done for us? It has handed congress over to the highest bidder.
So, really, wrap your head around reality... There ain't no such thing as a free market, because the first thing that happens in a free market is that MONEY buys the influence to RIG the market in its favor.
And what would work better?
A blend of socialism and capitalism where government regulates commerce, advances a tax code that spurs re- investment in US industry and jobs, provides for essential services and infrastructure to enable private enterprise to be competitive on the global scale...
Y'know... The SAME Fucking government we had from 1932 thru 1980, and that made the US the most powerful and affluent nation on earth!
Without a SINGLE bubble bursting...
That government made the US the envy of the world, made US currency the gold standard for the world. It created the American dream of home ownership and created and grew the middle .
What? Ain't that good enough for you?