Part of a longer post that is worthy of your attention:
Libertarianism: The Anti-Utopian Philosophy
Instead of the ultimate freedom to exchange as we see fit in a utopia spared creativity stifling government pressure, we will have fascism. If we go far to the right, no matter how well intended, we will create a brutal regime using the incredibly idealistic goals of the libertarians to stomp on the faces of the vast majority of our American citizens to benefit a tiny, wealthy minority.
One of the most important aspects of libertarianism is its inherent rejection of utopianism. If you listen to any other political philosophy, all of them inevitable boil down to getting “the right guys” in charge. It is the fallacy of the golden gun: state violence magically becomes noble when employed by these good guys. If the Stanford Prison and Milgram experiments teach us anything, it is that political power in and of itself is the abuse.
Any system that depends on the right guys to be in charge is flawed both theoretically and practically. It assumes that some people have the right to initiate violence against others as long as their intentions are noble (who judges this?), that they seek nothing but the public good (what is the public good? who defines it?), and that good results can come from evil means (using violence or the threats of it). But then what happens when these “good guys” lose power? The same power given to them will inevitably fall into the hands of people who disagree with the former benevolent rulers.
This seems like a perfect microcosm for the Left-Right debate in America. Every few years, we go back and forth on who will get to use the state monopoly privilege against whom.
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Despite having millions of guns pointed at us by liberals, conservatives, fascists, socialists and communists, we are building free societies against all odds and state regulations. We have no grandiose ambitions of revolutions; those are for neocon warmongers and socialists. We humbly seek liberty, and to set an example to others on how civilization is built upon the pillars of individual liberty, private property, and non-aggression.
We would never dream of imposing our values on anyone else. All we ask of other political philosophies is that they give us the same tolerance and respect.
The closing statement sounds a lot like:
“… unobstructed action according to our will, within the equal rights of others …”
Jefferson’s definition of Rightful Liberty
Read the entire essay … How Libertarians Make Fascism Real: A Rebuttal
I remember, in 1988, David Bergland, once an LP presidential candidate, tell an incredulous, half-disbelieving audience that “Utopia is not one of the options.” That audience was composed of Libertarian Party members. Even persons who claim to adhere to the freedom philosophy tend to grope for a Utopia that everything we know about Man and his history guarantees cannot exist. It portends yet more heartbreak for those of us who truly wish only to be left alone.