libertarianism

This thread split from here. Libertarian rubbish.

I am not a libertarian but I keep seeing people on this forum claiming that libertarians should move to Somalia if they love freedom so much. This being the same somalia where: About 15% of the national budget is dedicated to education. There is a central Bank. There is (at least now) a...

This will a bit of a catch all thread. Since, we seem to have a few people on this forum that are very knowledgeable about Objectivism, something I'm not, I wanted to ask a few questions. Especially, the differences between Objectivism and Libertarianism and their views are Rand. Starting...

Now this all happens in the world we already have. Now imagine this is a libertarian paradise with no government and you need to shop around for everything from your police, to your school to your fire department. A world where no one verifies that the medicine you take is safe beyond a bunch of...

Democrats----------------------------------Republicans Dems on the left Republicans on the right More liberal on the left More conservative on the right (At least in the States anyway.) When I tell people I'm more libertarian than anything, and then tell them, "I'm more conservative than...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/05/new-right-ayn-rand-marx If this is true she was one of the biggest hypocrites in history

I was arguing with a high speed rail opponent (so a typical Monday night for me) when all of sudden he pulls out something I found rather appalling: he stated he was sick and tired of paying taxes for schools when he has no children. Then he went into a plan where schools would be done purely by...

Apparently he wants to gut the military and, I suppose, put that money into something useful. West Germany did that after the war and they didn't turn out so bad?

Are they different sides of the same coin? If they can get together, could they be a force in the political conversation? (Well, a bigger force than they are now.)

I'm convinced Libertarians have no respect for the social contract, that outlaws are the purest libertarians, and the fatal flaw of it's cousin, objectivism, is the assumption that humans generally behave rationally. Somebody try and change my mind. I'm listening.

According to the FEC, in 2011 so far, active duty military personnel gave more campaign donations to one candidate than they did to all others - including Obama - combined:

Today we celebrate the birthday of Christopher Columbus -- the Greatest Liberal of them all because when he started out, he didn't know where he was going. When he got back, he didn't know where he had been. And he did it all on borrowed money.

I was thinking about this due to my participation in another thread, and it struck me: Marxists and Libertarians both have similarly unrealistic expectations about people and society. Marxists believe that people would build a perfect world through sharing resources based on a sense of...

I'm interested to know the Libertarian position on social services. Do Libertarians believe that the state should have the right (and/or responsibility) to monitor, supervise and in some cases remove the children of parents haven't lived up to what is expected of them? Do they regard it to be...

This article caught my eye. Well done, Mr. Johnson. I'm very impressed and refreshed to see this viewpoint has not been completely extinguished from the GOP. I don't like all his stances on various issues, namely this and this, but based on my limited research into the guy, he's someone who...

I'm sure most people here are familiar with Daniel Loxton's piece Where Do We Go From Here?. Among other things, he worries that skepticism is becoming too closely associated with atheism, humanism and libertarianism. I can see why he worry about the first one (I don't find it very troublesome...

If you think you can, try reading this with an open mind and try absorbing the actual words and what they actually mean without applying your interpretation. If you walk away from this still convinced that you walk in the light and people like me are from the dark side, well, I give up. You...

.....and why he doesn't believe in it. Also the theological implications of 'uploading' and why he isn't a libertarian. Here. Very active comments section.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/31/232182/rand-paul-criminalize-speech/ What the hell? The most charitable reading of this is that he's talking about non-citizens, although it doesn't seem clear to me that he's restricting his proposed policy to them. But isn't this the same guy...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/12/breaking-ron-paul-to-run-for-president/?hpt=Sbin Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! :)

Libertarianism is one of those philosophies that I disagree with, but am inclined to respect, in general principle. However, something that came up in a recent thread made me wonder how libertarians, those of you who are most opposed to government use of force and taxes, would react to a...

John Stossel discusses the experience of his liberal brainwashing at the hands of Marxist college professors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbbG4s6ZRQ I love the opening comments made by one of the students who says: "Liberty is an extension of my body. Because I own my body, I own the...

What do you think of the gentleman's argument? I tend to agree

Its nice to see someone got over their ugly case of libertarianism ... I am a bit surprised at how many radical right wingers there are on this board and I hope the right wingers can maybe see themselves in this article, especially this paragraph...

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In your opinion is Rand Paul nutty? Is it him personally or his libertarian philosophy?

I have a bunch of questions on libertarianism and I cannot find answers on blogs and official websites. Can anyone recommend a message board?

Maybe this is a good idea? Maybe it will end moral hazard. It seems a little harsh, but maybe this will teach them a good lesson. Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground

Suppose we invent two potential catastrophes. In one, an asteroid is detected on a direct collision course with the Earth. In the other, a incredibly deadly flu pandemic is sweeping the world. I'd be interested to see the Libertarian view on how to deal with such issues. Do you believe that the...

Being that Roe v. Wade was decided on the grounds of the existence of a Constitutional right to privacy and that in libertarian circles, privacy rights are considered sacrosanct, I've often wondered how it was possible for people like Ron & Rand Paul - self-styled libertarians - to be ardently...