Nasty, brutish and short!

 

 Wouldn't Libertarianism be well served by having better examples of their "leaders." Ron Paul? Really? A bigot who doesn't understand modern economics is the best ya got? Heck, he can't even convince his own son that his system is best.

 For the record, The USA in 1890 was, in almost every sense a Libertarian society. Those who ran large corporations kept their profits, and through influence kept any realistic change from occurring. We were fortunate that we did not see a mirror of Russia in 1917 here in America, which we might have done if Roosevelt (the Republican) and the progressives had not pushed for changes in the system.

Libertarians are like Jesus in that they preach "The poor are with you always." Unlike Jesus, they then say "F**k 'em." Libertarianism is a regressive, Neanderthal, mean spirited and selfish political system. Have you ever noticed that there are no working class or poor Libertarians? Take a libertarian's money and watch him change teams.

Per libertarianism, Bernie Maddoff was just an entrepreneur doing what he could to make a buck. AIG was just doing the same, as was Enron a decade ago. I could go on, but why bother? There are two key words in Libertarian diatribes which leap out. "hard earned" and "confiscated." (as in "my money in taxes") OK three if you're being a stickler. "Hard earned" implies that the rich have worked for what they have and deserve it. I have two words to destroy that canard: Walton heirs. While some actually earned what they have (Gates, for example, and he's trying really hard to give it all away, as did Andrew Carnegie) the Morgan, Ford, Rockefeller and others' fortunes have simply been passed along to some who have done nothing but be rich as a profession. Hell, the Bush family fortune, founded on opium (look it up) has simply been passed on from generation to generation. "Hard earned" - my ass! That is not to imply that all Libertarians inherited wealth, but the loudest of them have.

Secondarily "Confiscated?" while you may not care for specifics about how your money is used by the government, we did sort of establish the government on the basis that Congress would be elected and pass laws which the elected president would sign and they would become law. In the caste of Income tax (which I'm sure is the source of most Libertarians’  angst) the states ratified the 16th amendment (spare me the friggin' conspiracy theories) and Income tax became lawful. As long as majority rule prevails in the US, that's the way change occurs. You may not like it, but that's the way it works.

Churchill said the system wasn't perfect, but it was better than everything else ever tried. Of course, if you really want a dog eat dog society, I suggest you first read "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes.