‘Why are there no libertarian countries?”
In a much-discussed essay for Salon, Michael Lind asks: “If libertarians are correct in claiming that they understand how best to organize a modern society, how is it that not a single country in the world in the early twenty-first century is organized along libertarian lines?”
Such is the philosophical poverty of liberalism today that this stands as a profound question.
Definitions vary, but broadly speaking, libertarianism is the idea that people should be as free as possible from state coercion so long as they don’t harm anyone. The job of the state is limited to fighting crime, providing for the common defense, and protecting the rights and contracts of citizens. The individual is sovereign; he is the captain of himself.
It’s true, no ideal libertarian state has ever existed outside a table for one. And no such state will ever exist. But here’s an important caveat: No ideal state of any other kind will be created either. America’s great, but it ain’t perfect. Sweden’s social democracy is all right, but if it were perfect, I suspect fewer cars would be on fire over there.
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2 comments:
was it Sweden or Denmark where they shot to death the only living relative of Vincent Van Gogh because they didn't agree with his religious or social ideas?
FYI
I work in Salisbury , all of the African Americans I work with are
upset with Obama and his decisions.
The people I work with are Christians and very good workers who would impress any organization.
I 've been told that most voted for him his first term. It's the talk of the establishment.
It really doesn't surprise me , it's the truth. Too little too late.
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