02-18-2017, 07:21 AM
(02-18-2017, 12:55 AM)hollodero Wrote: Yeah found it already :)
I'm listening in right now, but I have to fill my nights with different things than US politics for once... I spend too much time on that special hobby of mine as it is, and the libertarian stance isn't really mine.
Listening in, the first thing I have to say is that I believe in government. And pretty much take the stances Larry Sharpe points out as the common fears.
What is "scary" for me is not the sense of freedom, but the sense of anarchy. I don't think mankind is noble enough to live in this kind of rule-free freedom. His kind of freedom requires responsibility, he says. Yep, and we're not fit for that kind of rensponsibilty. Society needs certain rules, rules need empowerment, that's how I see it. A laissez faire approach and handling possible "injustices" only as soon as they really appear, some kind of "ad hoc" lawmaking, I don't know, that doesn't seem to be a good, fair idea. Don't see it working. For me this total freedom idea promotes a system designed for the most ruthless and unethical people to become the most successful. In short, I simply am not a libertarian.
And I think there are global topics that require political leadership, like dealing with war and conflicts and terrorism, or climate change, or the Caymans :)
And who would actually build the roads?
I do actually agree with you.
There would still need to be a small level of government.
Therefore, I would be a minarchist.
Anarchy is much like Communism in that it kind of looks ok on paper, but man is so corruptable.
As far as the global issues to be addressed, the minimal government could handle some small things, but I believe that people who are leaders in their fields/scholars would volunteer their services to address pressing issues.
Science and diplomacy would not disappear, simply because we remove the government's control and financing of it.
OMG..... MUH ROADS !!!!!
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