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I would agree, but on the other hand an extreme libertarian would simply say, "it's a feature, not a bug".

• brazzy 13y ago
  I 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 ago
    Not 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.