Difference between revisions of "The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism"
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# Libertarians ignore ideas of equality and justice except to make the ludicrous claim that markets provide them. | # Libertarians ignore ideas of equality and justice except to make the ludicrous claim that markets provide them. | ||
# Libertarians demonize government while ignoring the benefits of government. | # Libertarians demonize government while ignoring the benefits of government. | ||
| + | # Libertarians have no justification for taxation even if they consider some government services (such as defense) necessary. | ||
# Libertarians argue as if government is monolithic when there are hundreds of competing nations and most contain balances of powers and delegate powers to many independent levels of smaller, subsidiary governments. | # Libertarians argue as if government is monolithic when there are hundreds of competing nations and most contain balances of powers and delegate powers to many independent levels of smaller, subsidiary governments. | ||
# Libertarians shill for the wealthy. | # Libertarians shill for the wealthy. | ||
