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> Smaller governments (i.e. less power, shallower hierarchies), good voting systems, and an informed public are the answer; not avoiding government altogether.
by randallsquared 12y ago
> Smaller governments (i.e. less power, shallower hierarchies), good voting systems, and an informed public are the answer; not avoiding government altogether.
> Libertarianism (i.e. absolute belief in the capitalist market and private property) doesn't work, [...]
For the vast majority of (US) libertarians, libertarianism is the first sentence, not the second. Only a small group of libertarians are free-market anarchists.
- ajslater 12y agoThe second also tend to call themselves Anarcho-Capitalists, much to the annoyance of actual Anarchists whom are more related to Marxists.
- randallsquared 12y agoSure, but libertarian socialists (mostly European) have the same annoyance with US libertarians over the term "libertarian". Also, like Baptists, ten US libertarians and free-market anarchists in a room can easily produce a dozen heartfelt and mutually exclusive opinions on a single topic.