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Well, the nihilistic side of libertarianism I hear mostly spouted by liberals and neocons.
That isn't to say that both do not have a valid question about "what would a libertarian do in XYZ situation?
It isn't all or nothing. A common one is, if government is out of education, then NO ONE will be educated.
You already pay local taxes towards schools. How is it that you can't 8 or 10 parents to serve on the PTA, decide which teachers to hire or fire and run a school? It isn't like books or better still computer-based learning isn't readily available.
But what about standards? No one wants their kids to be completely ignorant. Will some parents in some hollow somewhere want to teach nonsense? Sure.Unless you are gonna be a marine biologist or a botanist, who cares? Is that kid at a disadvantage maybe somehow? Sure. But I care more that the kid can read. He'll figure out on his own that his parents are wrong. Info is out there for the asking.
What about roads???
Well, for far less you get toll roads if the local gasoline taxes arent cutting it.
What about environment? In the past, people did shit where they ate. There are plenty of dedicated greenies everywhere to blow the whistle on the next hooker chemical. If they pollute, they have harmed their immediate neighbors and have every right to get an injunction to stop. Happens now when the EPA (which isnt everywhere) lets something slip through the cracks.
I don't think any libertarian says it is OK to pollute. Pollution doesn't stay on your property. No one wants to repeal the clean air and water acts. Pollution is an act of aggression on your neighbors.
Acts of aggression can and should be repulsed. Might we need the almighty hand of the feds to enforce some stuff? Probably. But not every little aspect of everything anyone even thinks about doing.
There are probably some huge holes in libertarian philosophy that you could drive a truck through.
Lets say tomorrow Joe Biden converted to libertarianism (as if he could even understand it but lets pretend.) Lets say Obama just gets tired of the bullshit and does a Sarah Palin and just up and quits. Whines about it like Palin the whole deal.
So Crazy Uncle Joe is the Libertarian President.
What changes?
Other than he tells Israel Queersetti style "I ain't your daddy, fight your own fight." and tells the Arabs fuck off, we are opening anwar. He tells the greedy oil bastards that so much as a gallon spills, I will seize your entire company with a lis pendens action and give it back, maybe if the cost of cleanup leaves anything.
He tells the military industrial complex he isnt signing for more tomahawks cause he cant see spending a million bucks to level mud huts.
He tells republicans to send him a budget he can sign, tells democrats work that shit out, I am not signing another continuing resolution...
It isn't like President Crazybiden can unilaterally repeal any existing law.
It would take decades to unwind anything. Why not try? What we have is not working.
That isn't to say that both do not have a valid question about "what would a libertarian do in XYZ situation?
It isn't all or nothing. A common one is, if government is out of education, then NO ONE will be educated.
You already pay local taxes towards schools. How is it that you can't 8 or 10 parents to serve on the PTA, decide which teachers to hire or fire and run a school? It isn't like books or better still computer-based learning isn't readily available.
But what about standards? No one wants their kids to be completely ignorant. Will some parents in some hollow somewhere want to teach nonsense? Sure.Unless you are gonna be a marine biologist or a botanist, who cares? Is that kid at a disadvantage maybe somehow? Sure. But I care more that the kid can read. He'll figure out on his own that his parents are wrong. Info is out there for the asking.
What about roads???
Well, for far less you get toll roads if the local gasoline taxes arent cutting it.
What about environment? In the past, people did shit where they ate. There are plenty of dedicated greenies everywhere to blow the whistle on the next hooker chemical. If they pollute, they have harmed their immediate neighbors and have every right to get an injunction to stop. Happens now when the EPA (which isnt everywhere) lets something slip through the cracks.
I don't think any libertarian says it is OK to pollute. Pollution doesn't stay on your property. No one wants to repeal the clean air and water acts. Pollution is an act of aggression on your neighbors.
Acts of aggression can and should be repulsed. Might we need the almighty hand of the feds to enforce some stuff? Probably. But not every little aspect of everything anyone even thinks about doing.
There are probably some huge holes in libertarian philosophy that you could drive a truck through.
Lets say tomorrow Joe Biden converted to libertarianism (as if he could even understand it but lets pretend.) Lets say Obama just gets tired of the bullshit and does a Sarah Palin and just up and quits. Whines about it like Palin the whole deal.
So Crazy Uncle Joe is the Libertarian President.
What changes?
Other than he tells Israel Queersetti style "I ain't your daddy, fight your own fight." and tells the Arabs fuck off, we are opening anwar. He tells the greedy oil bastards that so much as a gallon spills, I will seize your entire company with a lis pendens action and give it back, maybe if the cost of cleanup leaves anything.
He tells the military industrial complex he isnt signing for more tomahawks cause he cant see spending a million bucks to level mud huts.
He tells republicans to send him a budget he can sign, tells democrats work that shit out, I am not signing another continuing resolution...
It isn't like President Crazybiden can unilaterally repeal any existing law.
It would take decades to unwind anything. Why not try? What we have is not working.
