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Libertarian views have never had influence ever. You get it in rhetoric but rarely in practice. Rare cases of real libertarian action... http://en.wikipedia.
by mynameishere 13y ago
Libertarian views have never had influence ever. You get it in rhetoric but rarely in practice. Rare cases of real libertarian action...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
...are met with violent government force. This won't change, ever.
- rdl 13y agoNew Zealand had a libertarian revolution in the 1990s, although it's walked back a lot on that recently. One of the few cases of non-violent positive change like that.
- csense 13y agoFirst point: Wasn't the American Revolution largely about the overreaches of the British government? What about the sentiments of isolationism in the US with respect to WWI and WWII? (Apologies to non-US readers; all my examples are from US history because I'm most familiar with it.) Second point: Even if your comment's true, you didn't answer the question -- is there a reason that "libertarian views have never had influence ever," or is it just a coincidence?