Libertarian Bashing

[Antonio the Sixth]

Who the hell is bashing Libertarians ? Don't know if you noticed but the whole forum has become quite libertarian-sympathetic in recent months.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Beyond their personal issues, the ironic group think that defines the group, and the ignorance and hostility towards factual debate many of them exhibit on this forum, libertarianism Is A Bad Thing because it is a dangerous ideology that would result in a decline in the quality of life for most people. They're completely detached from reality, and believe that the poor would lift themselves out of poverty, charity would care for the sick, militias and mercenaries would protect us, banks would regulate themselves and ensure that inflation and unemployment never happen, and workers and employers would join hands and sing cumbaya, IF ONLY the nasty old government would shrivel and die.

Libertarians definitely have some good ideas. I don't think that the government should generally intrude in people's lives. But what libertarians don't seem to realize is that the government is not always a force for evil, it is not always hellbent on enslaving you, and it is not always doing the bidding of some Big Brother. In fact, the government is what provides us with many of the freedoms we hold dear, from the basic rights to property to things like healthcare and education, so that we are free to pursue careers and achieve our definition of happiness.

This exactly.

[Antonio the Sixth]

For what it's worth, I'm much more libertarian (whatever that means) now than when I was a teenager.  Am I getting dumber?

Depends what you were before.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Out of the two shades of sheep in this country...the blue one.

Blue according to Dave or t the medias ? It's ambiguous.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Dave's way

Oh, in this case it's undoubtedly an improvement. Hope you will keep tis way.