Difference between revisions of "The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism"
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# Libertarians have no concept of the common good. | # Libertarians have no concept of the common good. | ||
# Libertarians have inadequate solutions for public goods problems. | # Libertarians have inadequate solutions for public goods problems. | ||
| − | # Libertarians have no justification for taxation even if they consider some government services (such as defense) necessary. | + | # Libertarians just assume "the market will provide", even when millennia of history in hundreds of nations shows otherwise. |
| + | # Libertarians have no justification for any 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. | ||
