> radical libertarianism Calling something "radical" is a tried-and-true technique to attempt to discredit it without arguing the point. What I described isn'

> radical libertarianism Calling something "radical" is a tried-and-true technique to attempt to discredit it without arguing the point. What I described isn't that far from the federal government in early America. > The point of government is to organize society, to provide a framework for doing things which we all collectively agree need to be done, but is in nobody's selfish interest to do. Why? How do you justify using force to coerce others toward your vision of what you believe correct? > There is a lot of stuff that fits this category. Such as what? Please tell me why each of these must be done by the government. > the government doesn't just set rules and boss you around. Well, that is mostly what it does. There were over 50 volumes of federal law by the 80s: http://www.kowal.com/?q=How-Many-Federal-Laws-Are-There%3F http://www.kowal.com/?q=How-Many-Federal-Laws-Are-There%3F Some of the services you mentioned are there for good reason. I'm okay with weather and maps - the military does need to have that information (even if the military should be smaller), and once the information is collected, it's a public good and can be made available to citizens. I'd prefer stuff like forests were managed on a local level. As for emergencies, private disaster relief often does a better job: https://capitalresearch.org/article/private-sector-disaster-relief/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/private-sector-disaster-... > Do you think society should be organized or not? Talk about a false dichotomy. There are absolutely more- and less-organized societies. I've made it pretty clear that the government should keep the peace, uphold property rights, and enforce contracts. > The notion that everything will all magically self-organize into a nice society is manifestly a myth. Why? The above provide plenty of structure for a "nice society", for some definitions of nice. What's yours? > I would rather live in the former Soviet Union in all its totalitarian dysfunctionality than in what libertarians imagine utopia to be like. That's your choice, except your choice messes with my life. Mine only messes with yours to the extent that you no longer get to steal my stuff. > If you want an example of that, try Somalia. The Somalian government does not keep the peace. It does not uphold property rights. It does not enforce contracts. > tl;dr libertarianism is anarchy in a business suit. That statement is a willfully ignorant attempt to create a straw man. Democrats are communists in business suits, republicans are fascists in business suits, both of those statements are just as important. There are some anarchists, but not very many.