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And by libertarian logic anyone whose cost of living is higher than his/her usual pay (at least 40 million Americans) deserves to die. Can we please just admit
by waps 13y ago
And by libertarian logic anyone whose cost of living is higher than his/her usual pay (at least 40 million Americans) deserves to die.
Can we please just admit that a weak point of exterme libertarianism is what happens to the weakest members of society ?
- mpyne 13y agoI would agree, but on the other hand an extreme libertarian would simply say, "it's a feature, not a bug".
- brazzy 13y agoI think that more specifically they'd say that this should be adressed by volountary charity. Which is nice in theory but ignores how inefficient that tends to be.
- mpyne 13y agoNot just inefficient. It's literally "the bystander effect" and "division of responsibility" principles writ large. Bottom line: if everyone is responsible, then no one is responsible. No amount of pithy sound bites or quotes from Austrians will change that. If anything it's a wonder charities have been as successful as they have. At least with a liberal government system, there is a single point of ultimate responsibility for issues like this: the government itself, as the legal embodiment of "the people" at large.