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Why do you think you can speak for “hard-core” libertarians? I am a thoroughly moderate one and don’t believe this at all
by bjlorenzen 6y ago
Why do you think you can speak for “hard-core” libertarians? I am a thoroughly moderate one and don’t believe this at all
- BurningFrog 6y agoThere are of course also libertarians who oppose it. As David Friedman put it: > "There may be two libertarians somewhere who agree with each other about everything, but I am not one of them." AFAIK, the classic "minarchist" position is that the reason to even have a government is to provide certain important Public Goods that can't be provided otherwise. Those are (1) National defense, (2) A legal system with courts, jail, police etc, (3) Fighting epidemics. (3) is far less discussed (until 2020), but it's agreed on when mentioned.
- cik 6y agoThough in reality many such libertarians consider #3 as a sub-element of #1. For good or for bad, this has led to the debate on why if public health is to be funded, isn't it a part of the military.