Difference between revisions of "Notorious Failures and Mistakes of Libertarianism"
From Critiques Of Libertarianism
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
== Markets Can Regulate Themselves == | == Markets Can Regulate Themselves == | ||
== Capitalism Produces Middle Classes == | == Capitalism Produces Middle Classes == | ||
| + | == Big Government Is Responsible For Mass Murder And Other Atrocities == | ||
| + | This is a common slander by libertarians, especially by crank academic Rummel, who has coined the unused term democide. The genocides of the Soviets, Red Chinese, Nazis, conquistadors, and pretty much anybody else through history all share one thing in common: private ownership of government by dictators, parties, kings, etc. Modern government is publicly controlled, and power is distributed to multiple branches, states, and other entities with a system of checks and balances. | ||
