tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post4851621922737290247..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Libertarianism is a White Nerd ThingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-32487893648128717452016-04-11T17:33:38.075-04:002016-04-11T17:33:38.075-04:00Since minimal government works best, the more delu...Since minimal government works best, the more deluded think the no government works best of all. The few societies that had almost no government had societies full of thieves and murderers. Take a look at ancient Iceland and the Reivers of Scotland and northern England. Both by the way, were settled by my ancestors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-53855050476998701492016-04-10T20:58:38.377-04:002016-04-10T20:58:38.377-04:00Libertarianism and non-aggression principles only ...Libertarianism and non-aggression principles only work if everybody plays by the rules. As we can see by our prisons we know that without proper enforcement and deterrence ... Most people won't!<br /><br />Most libertarians I know are obnoxious, sanctimonious pot heads or greasy hicks that can blather about freedom... But have no concept of personal responsibility.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-68077527228563172862016-04-10T16:40:12.495-04:002016-04-10T16:40:12.495-04:00Prominent libertarians such as Frederick Hayek bel...Prominent libertarians such as Frederick Hayek believed in the necessity of government and law enforcement. He outlines the necessary minimum standard in his book "Road to Serfdom". I highly recommend it if you have not read it. Another well-known libertarian, Milton Friedman, said you have a social-welfare system or you can have immigration. But you cannot have both. <br />The point that many libertarians are making is that we have far more government regulation and control over our lives than Hayek's minimal standard. Not all of us libertarians are dreamy anarchist types.<br /><br />Perhaps the name "libertarian" needs to be changed. Advocates of limited government (defined by Hayek's "Road to Serfdom") should call themselves "minimalists" instead.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-33452294157110834602016-04-10T14:03:04.322-04:002016-04-10T14:03:04.322-04:00All crooks agree that the government should get of...All crooks agree that the government should get off their backs.Jim Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-71323620576303757222016-04-10T10:00:19.577-04:002016-04-10T10:00:19.577-04:00I'm for extremely limited government. Though t...I'm for extremely limited government. Though there can never really be such a thing as pure anarchism either since there would still be some rules to follow and be enforced by somebody.<br /><br />The publik skools do a poor job of teaching anything resembling independent thought. Why did I never hear of Lysander Spooner? Or how voting is just another slave's suggestion box?sth_txsnoreply@blogger.com