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Very simply, the major problem with libertarianism is its arguments.  However appealing libertarianism might sound, after a while it is impossible not to notice that many of the arguments are conspicuously bad.  With further examination, more and more arguments look worse and worse.  This necessitates a huge libertarian [[apologetics]] (defense of their philosophy) which is also fraught with bad argument.
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The major problem with libertarianism is its arguments.  However appealing libertarianism might sound, after a while it is impossible not to notice that many of the arguments are conspicuously bad.  With further examination, more and more arguments look worse and worse.  This necessitates a huge libertarian [[apologetics]] (defense of their philosophy) which is also fraught with bad argument.
  
 
With sufficient confirmation bias or dishonesty, bad arguments are not a problem for some libertarians.  But identifying bad arguments and why they are bad is a useful skill in the search for better arguments.
 
With sufficient confirmation bias or dishonesty, bad arguments are not a problem for some libertarians.  But identifying bad arguments and why they are bad is a useful skill in the search for better arguments.

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