Lars
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- Jun 2, 2011
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Most of the people who call themselves libertarian give real libertarians a bad name, then again advocating an end to social welfare and providing no replacement (basically telling the poor to eat cake or just fall on the street and die*), tends to do that. Waiting for the kind of libertarianism where people talk about eliminating the welfare state (and replacing all its functions with private charity and community organizations), shutting down big corporations to create a free market, as well as providing jobs and education for the poor...then again that's 'socialism' right?
*Ron Paul and Sarah Palin give libertarianism a bad name.
Ron Paul is the only one that has given Libertarianism a name, it didn't exist in the mainstream dialogue before he came along. And yes, anti-trust laws and along with government jobs programs and universal education are socialist. I suppose you can be an anarcho-socialist and support universal education and social welfare on a voluntary basis, but you are still a socialist, and you sure as hell aren't a libertarian.
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