A Libertarian Society Would Benefit the United States of America.

You are arguing that a Libertarian society would be a good thing for the United states. Now you do provide a basic definition of what you mean by a Libertarian Society although I think we could both agree that it is neither a complete view or an all encompassing view of the movement. So at some points I will be using the broader set of ideals that are expressed at www. libertarianism. com and of course by their stand on the issues at the libertarian party platform at . http://www.lp.org.... I will bring up some of the points therefore to prove initially how absurd the entire ideology is in practice. After having established my frame of reference I would like to add that a libertarian society would probably be one of the worst possible systems to ever be put into practice anywhere. At first libertarianism sounds good , no liberty shall ever be taken away from someone else without their consent. All people will have individual property and individual rights etc. Lets take a moment to think of what exactly this means. I will raise then a few of the points it would make it completely impractical to have such a society. Abortions: Whether you are pro choice or pro life I think we can all agree that abortions should not be taking place at 7 months or 8 months in a pregnancy, well in a Libertarian society that would be the case for whatever irresponsible person wanted to do that. Crime: " We support restitution of the victim to the fullest degree possible at the expense of the criminal or the negligent wrongdoer" the above quote was taken from the political platform I linked above, so how do you propose murderers and serial killers will be reimbursing their victims? After that let me know how you can reimburse a victim of a rape as well. "We favor the repeal of all laws creating "crimes" without victims, such as the use of drugs for medicinal or recreational purposes. " In short this is a statement that says among other things that you can do to yourself what you please be it marijuana, alcohol, self inflicted injuries, pcp, special k, lsd etc. And while such an attitude is quite fun to have is also quite irresponsible, most people while under the influence of one drug or another be that Prozac or weed or pcp have their behaviors changed and sometimes to the worse. So you will be punishing the person who took tabs of LSD and then proceeded to create an accident that killed 10 people, that's great but how exactly are you going to rewind the loss of 10 lives? If a society doesn't include safeguard like making things illegal or harder to get in the first place how is that same society going to prosecute people that after ingesting drugs for recreational uses that the are legal. Environment: "We support a clean and healthy environment and sensible use of our natural resources. Private landowners and conservation groups have a vested interest in maintaining natural resources. " So as a libertarian you would support a clean and healthy environment. Great so would I, heck most people would nobody truly enjoys inhaling toxins after all. Now how do you propose we get the corporations to follow suit. The society can not enact any laws sloping or prohibiting uses and methods that are harmful. And if the 20th century taught us anything is that corporations are the fastest possible way to destroy most of our beautiful Eco systems. Even now most of our natural wildlife is constantly under duress and some animals and plants only survived extinction because of the creation of reserves and national parks that allowed them to avoid the dangers of us humans, the purely moral animals that we are. You can also not tell any individual what to do with their lands, so lets say if I want to own the grand canyon [extreme example here] and build the new soccer stadium with a mall and a theatre multiplex that would be great. Of course the preserving of some of our natural land and the right use of it could be in my own self interest assuming I was immortal or had a lifespan that to some biblical figures but most humans are much more short sighted in our every day lives, don't take my word for it just look at history. Business Monopolies, legal. Check how that turned out with Carnegie and Rockefeller. I'm quite glad for anti trust laws. Education: No free education, its better left to the free market. That way if your poor you get to stay poor, and if your rich well then you can become a scientist or a banker or a leader of the world. Now here are two views from the same political platform that are almost inconsistent. Defense "We support the maintenance of a sufficient military to defend the United States against aggression. The United States should both abandon its attempts to act as policeman for the world and avoid entangling alliances. We oppose any form of compulsory national service. " Taxes " We call for the repeal of the income tax, the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service and all federal programs and services not required under the U. S. Constitution. " So you want an army, but your expecting to pay for it without taxes. But it is not a draft army either, so you want a professional standing army ready to defend the US coasts at all times which is good, yet you will pay how? Wait, possibly with peanuts literally since we can use them as currency now. Finances "We favor free-market banking, with unrestricted competition among banks and depository institutions of all types. Individuals engaged in voluntary exchange should be free to use as money any mutually agreeable commodity or item. " Does anyone doubt that the organization of a single currency brings to a country is paramount to progress and evolution? I also wonder "mutually agreeable commodity" so how about body parts? How about sexual acts? What's to stop someone from using themselves as a mutually agreeable commodity or item if they cant pay any other way. Retirement and Health Care Well assuming your rich and have lived a long and sucessfull life then your in for a treat, you will have the best retirement plan have had some great health care along the way. What happens if you lose your money at some point? Well forget social security you wont even get 1 dollar a month to live on. You either get out there and work or just roll over and die, are you disabled? Well your much better off just finishing your life off. As far as health care goes well, if you can afford good care great, if not visit your local mage he might charge enough for you to delude yourself into thinking that you have a chance to survive cancer.