Difference between revisions of "Libertarianism in One Lesson; The Third Lesson"
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| − | {{DES | des = Still attempting to try to catch up with [[Libertarianism In One Lesson: Why Libertarianism Is the Best Hope for America's Future |David Bergland]]'s arithmetic, where 1 lesson = 16 chapters in 99 pages.}} | + | {{DES | des = Still attempting to try to catch up with [[Libertarianism In One Lesson: Why Libertarianism Is the Best Hope for America's Future |David Bergland]]'s arithmetic, where 1 lesson = 16 chapters in 99 pages. | show= }} |
Libertarianism is the communism of the right: they both sound good, until you spend about five minutes in the company of actual human beings. Here's what they mean. | Libertarianism is the communism of the right: they both sound good, until you spend about five minutes in the company of actual human beings. Here's what they mean. | ||
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== Government == | == Government == | ||
| − | * We libertarians are opposed to world government, except for those courts and laws created by trade agreements to allow international corporations rule the world. | + | * We libertarians are opposed to world government, except for those courts and laws created by trade agreements to allow international corporations to rule the world. |
* Prohibition cannot ever work, and produces black markets and crime far beyond the evils it seeks to prohibit. We also endorse prohibiting force and government: somehow that will not produce black markets or crime. | * Prohibition cannot ever work, and produces black markets and crime far beyond the evils it seeks to prohibit. We also endorse prohibiting force and government: somehow that will not produce black markets or crime. | ||
* Public choice theory indicates that government cannot work. Nor corporations, nor why libertarians should be politically active. | * Public choice theory indicates that government cannot work. Nor corporations, nor why libertarians should be politically active. | ||
