Epistles from the Apostles
The enterprise is free, but the people are not, is the essense of libertarianism.
THR, great post.
I think the 'Hayekian' styled libertarians want all central government spending ended or minimised except those pertaining to law & order. This would leave the police and military exempt.
Just my 20¢ worth.
Renegade Eye: The enterprise is free, but the people are not, is the essense of libertarianism.
Perfect!
Ha!
"libertarians do not apply the same analysis to precisely those insitutions that actuall can and do deprive people of their liberty, and are paid by the public purse, namely, the police and the army."
Libertarians are not anarchists. Libertarianism supports limited government, not non-exist or ineffectual government. Humans enter into a social contract with the government to live in a society together. Rights are given up by people not given to us by the powers that be.
You can't even get the Libertarian position right. Moron.
Maybe you should actually do some intellectual history and investigate the emergence of the idea of polizeistaat. But, be warned, the intellectual origins of it may not be ideologically pleasing. Its close proximity to Cameralism, the thought of St Simon, Fabianism, etc. and finally to such things as the welfare state are unmistakable.
It is hardly the counterpart of a Hayekean order.
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