2. The author builds up straw men and uses unnecessary flourish. Example:
> The government won’t fix the roads, so these desperate entrepreneurs fill in potholes with shovels of dirt or debris. They then stand next to the filled-in pothole soliciting tips from grateful motorists. That is the wet dream of libertarian private sector innovation.
I imagine that most libertarians would prefer private roads that are privately maintained. Kind of like Starbucks doesn't rely on panhandlers to clean up after their stores, private roads would be maintained by the owner.
3. The author provides no concept of what it means to be a "libertarian" country and expects the reader just to accept that on face value. Is tax revenue low as percentage of GDP? What percentage of industries are private? Are there many business regulations? All good questions the author could have gone into instead of a childish rant on how poor this country is.
4. Ridiculous statements like: "Part of the reason this discredited, libertarian bullshit still carries any weight for Americans is because so few of us travel. Only 30 percent of Americans have passports, and if Americans do go places, it’s not often to Honduras."
There are poor countries that come from all political philosophies.
1. A quick Google search would help the author learn that Ayn Rand was an objectevist, not a libertarian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_and_Objectivism
2. The author builds up straw men and uses unnecessary flourish. Example: > The government won’t fix the roads, so these desperate entrepreneurs fill in potholes with shovels of dirt or debris. They then stand next to the filled-in pothole soliciting tips from grateful motorists. That is the wet dream of libertarian private sector innovation.
I imagine that most libertarians would prefer private roads that are privately maintained. Kind of like Starbucks doesn't rely on panhandlers to clean up after their stores, private roads would be maintained by the owner.
3. The author provides no concept of what it means to be a "libertarian" country and expects the reader just to accept that on face value. Is tax revenue low as percentage of GDP? What percentage of industries are private? Are there many business regulations? All good questions the author could have gone into instead of a childish rant on how poor this country is.
4. Ridiculous statements like: "Part of the reason this discredited, libertarian bullshit still carries any weight for Americans is because so few of us travel. Only 30 percent of Americans have passports, and if Americans do go places, it’s not often to Honduras."
There are poor countries that come from all political philosophies.