Looks the libertarian revolution is dead.
Corinne and I have had an ongoing discussion over the year about a mutually hated political foe, that of libertarianism. It seems to me that every person I have come across (with one exception, and since he's someone I have only talked to online he doesn't count as real) that argues for libertarian governance is either bat-shit crazy or intellectually lazy. So while it's nice to see it go, I'm not clear that it's heir apparent, big-government conservatism which sometimes pretends to be libertarian is philosophy, is a good replacement.
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From what little dabbling in economics, liberatarianism is steeped in capitolist rhetoric, and there can be arguments made from that stand point in favour of liberitarianism. However, almost no liberatarian I've spoken with has any clue as to what those argument are.
I'm not a fan of "I earned this money, I should chose how it is spent!" Especially when those earned dollars come from exploiting the planet or other less fortunate people.
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