In my youth, I was libertarian for a while, a couple of years actually, until I realized a several things... i.e., I grew up a little bit. I read Ayn Rand as a kid and was sold... for a while.
Fundamentally, the whole notion is an illusion. The only way it could possibly work is if everyone thought exactly the same way - everyone was a staunch libertarian. Which, of course, is a complete fairy tale.
After I rejected the philosophy, I have continued to distance myself further and further on a number of other grounds. More recently, it occurred to me that the fundamental difference between feudalism and a relatively democratic society is the redistribution of wealth imposed by the State. Without taxes and redistribution, the rich would quickly become the 0.001% and the rest of us would live in abject poverty - like it was in the good old days of kings and queens.
Thank God for taxes.
Fundamentally, the whole notion is an illusion. The only way it could possibly work is if everyone thought exactly the same way - everyone was a staunch libertarian. Which, of course, is a complete fairy tale.
After I rejected the philosophy, I have continued to distance myself further and further on a number of other grounds. More recently, it occurred to me that the fundamental difference between feudalism and a relatively democratic society is the redistribution of wealth imposed by the State. Without taxes and redistribution, the rich would quickly become the 0.001% and the rest of us would live in abject poverty - like it was in the good old days of kings and queens.
Thank God for taxes.
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