ext_284991 ([identity profile] gunslnger.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2010-04-21 10:21 am (UTC)

Re: The problem with the ' Libertarian ' system.

I have not seen you on the libertarian community on LJ and I don't recall those particular comments anytime in the past few years either. Can you point them out for the relevant context?

Ok, so I have to fix my house with a generator because the local power gets turned off

Why would this be the case? You aren't getting free power now, nor is it from the government (at least not in the U.S.). I pay the electric company to generate the power and deliver it to my house.

I understannd that in the USA, a town is alredy under way, and people are being given the option to move there. In a State where laws are conducive, a libertarian community is already forming.

I assume you're referring to the Free State Project. If you are, you're not quite getting the idea of it.

sooner or later, they are going to find themselves paying for things they never had to think about - like drains - because the State took care of this stuff, and they never had to.

Nope, a business (or more than one, ideally) would take care of it. Water service is not government provided either, although there is a lot of government regulations about what they can charge and water quality and other things.

Your lack of understanding of what libertarianism is and how it would work is widespread and is part of why the Libertarian Party doesn't get that many votes.

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