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1. The police arrest them. 2. They're tried by a jury of their peers. 3. If found guilty, they are punished and/or imprisoned.
by burkaman 9y ago
1. The police arrest them.
2. They're tried by a jury of their peers.
3. If found guilty, they are punished and/or imprisoned.
- mannykannot 9y agoIt seems that getting a libertarian to explain the fundamental differences between libertarianism and ordinary western-liberal-ish democracy is like squeezing a balloon. You get the same feeling from listening to the candidates of the official US libertarian party. Of course, that hardly makes it unique in politics.
- cardine 9y agoThe two can coexist side by side. A moderate libertarian might simply be someone who wants lower taxes, less regulations, and the government to stay out of people's personal lives. Nothing about those policies or viewpoints directly contradicts a normal western democracy.
- mannykannot 9y agoYou can find moderate liberal socialists saying the same thing, at which point it is time to put aside the idealistic rhetoric and do the hard work of talking about pragmatic trade-offs.
- burkaman 9y agoI am not a libertarian, but it's a pretty simple philosophy. There would still be government, police, courts, jails, and taxes. It's not anarchy. Libertarianism is much easier to explain than modern American or European democracy. I don't think that makes it better, but it probably makes it more appealing.