Libertarians are.... Childish

Libertarian Lament

Daniel Johnson Salem-News.com
In the end the libertarian lament is psychologically no different than the tantrum of a child.


Actual logo of Libertarian Party of Union County.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - People, generally speaking, don’t like to be told what to do. Even if it is demonstrably for their own good or for a publicly acknowledged greater good, there are those who resent or resist or both, what they perceive to be authoritarian coercion.

I can empathize with the libertarian creed because I, too, like to have my personal freedom and to be left alone. Ideally, this only works at Walden Pond although Thoreau still depended on the civilized world for many of his physical needs. He took tools, etc., with him. He was not sui generis but was an extension of the society that formed him.

A true libertarian cannot exist.

So, in principle, libertarianism can only be viable if a very small proportion of citizens opt for that philosophy. They won’t be missed

The real libertarians, it would seem, are the rich and the very rich. One definition of money that I favour is that it is stored work. If you have a few million dollars, for example, you can pay others to do the work you don’t want to do, or don’t have the time to do (i.e., you prefer to do other things). You’re in a position where you don’t have to work at all!