Re:A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.)
by gaius on Sunday January 11, 2009 @07:14AM
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But then why is it that Europeans fly to the US for cutting-edge (no pun intended) surgical methods that aren't available here?
Also minimal government is not the same as weak government. A libertarian government wouldn't do much, but the things it would do (such as operating the courts) it would do with absolute authority. What we have now - in most of the Western world - is large, weak governments.
Also minimal government is not the same as weak government. A libertarian government wouldn't do much, but the things it would do (such as operating the courts) it would do with absolute authority. What we have now - in most of the Western world - is large, weak governments.