A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.)
A few notes in defense of libertarianism: In response to the recent slew of articles posted to HN criticizing libertarianism, I have decided to jot down a few points that I think were overlooked. First, George W. Bush and the Republican party are NOT libertarians. Zed's argument was essentially this, and it's about as logical as declaring that you're going to write an essay about the flaws of vegetarianism and then proceeding to mention a bunch of bad things about pepperoni. Republicans occasionally use some libertarian rhetoric, but they do not follow it at all. George W. Bush has increased the size of government tremendously, and he's intervened in international affairs and created all kinds of entangling alliances, etc. Libertarians are also strongly opposed to the "family values" rhetoric used mostly by Republicans and by some democrats. Libertarians have been opposed to nearly every
Why it failed
A few notes in defense of libertarianism: In response to the recent slew of articles posted to HN criticizing libertarianism, I have decided to jot down a few points that I think were overlooked. First, George W. Bush and the Republican party are NOT libertarians. Zed's argument
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- grandalf
- Ended
- 2009
- Source
- hackernews