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Originally posted by Honclfibr
Depends how far you take it but sure, the purest form of libertarianism is anarchy, just like the purest form of totalitarianism is despotism.
What I was trying to get across was that I support some tenets of libertarianism, I don't believe that the government should set up laws to protect you from yourself (i.e. helmet laws), or encroach on any of your rights that do not impinge on the rights of others (i.e. gay marriage) but I do believe that some semblance of central control and redistribution of wealth (welfare, public schooling, however you want to do it but it needs to be there) is necessary to maintain a reasonable society, which makes me a moderate libertarian or a bad libertarian depending on who you talk to. |
seems to me that the "purists" of any party are all wackos.....it's too bad "real" people are too busy with their lives to put in as much time and energy as the crazies...
thats why the choices seem to be so extreme..hopefully this will start to change as people get fed up with what is going on now...these idiots in charge are like kids fighting over the pale and shovel in the sandbox.... their respective sides are always right...and the other side is always wrong....and we all know neither is the case....