Libertarianism is flawed

Now the general criticism people have with libertarianism is the misinformed idea that, it's an alternative form of anarchism, stating that industry should take over from government. Thanks to this debate I have now learned the error of my ways; I'm still not completely sold. But this debate has made me reconsider things, including the idea that may be I'll be voting for the British Libertarian party in the next election, because they seem to have the perfect blend of right and left wing policies, and surprisingly have a slightly different take on immigration than their colonial counterparts. Take a look for yourself http://lpuk.org... Even after our rich history of immigration to Great Britain, there are still those who hide behind a psychotic notion of ultra-nationalism. I am very proud of my country and yes, I would consider myself nationalistic, but I welcome those who want to come and live here, because everyone has something to contribute culturally. But economically that's a different story altogether, it is true that immigrants come and take the jobs that most British citizens have refused to do, but illegal immigrants only take up a fraction of these jobs. But many of them are paid unacceptable wages for their work. And our force, quite often into sweatshops and dangerous working conditions to make products for companies that sell them for millions. Which the company only spends a fraction on the workers, leading to the removal of the 85% labor costs of the product. This is wrong by any ethical person standards. If these companies simply wanted a cheap workforce, then all we have to do is simply put the prison population to work. This method would satisfied even the most picky right wing nut and contribute more to society. The only people who will suffer would-be illegal immigrants, since legal immigrant's wheel still be able to apply for multiple jobs. But I wonder, shouldn't we be put in more effort into mechanizing these undesirable careers, machines can perform faster, longer and of course most importantly, cheaper than any illegal immigrant. After all, that's what Japan is doing right now. One of the very very very very very few problems I have with Japan. Is that they are quite racist, not to people visiting their country, but just simply people staying, immigration to Japan is basically non-existent, because of this and a rapidly aging and shrinking population they have focused a lot of effort into their robotic technologies. Yes, they are doing this for selfish reasons, but the benefit to the world is unimaginable. They estimate we've in 30 years, they can start mass producing walking talking commercial robots, and this will be the start of something amazing. These machines combine with next-generation GM crops and alternative fuels might make it. So that one day in the hopefully not too distant future we may no longer need money, but I probably won't be around to see that. Oh well, one can dream can't he. But still, the free market is absolutely superb at creating abundance through technology. To the extent that technology can also improve quality at the same time, it provides quality. The tremendous growth in computers is a prime example. Virgin Airlines expansion into space travel is another promising technology jump, which hopefully one day we'll all be able to afford an economy seat into outer space. Just too quickly mention I have no problem with capitalism. I have a huge DVD collection, a big TV in my bedroom with a Xbox 360, PS3, and a fantastic PC, which I got at a great price. Because of the competitiveness of the free market. I mention this because in a few online arguments I was called a communist for criticizing libertarians. First off communism sucks. It didn't work for the Soviet Union, China and Vietnam have adopted capitalism, and don't get me started on North Korea. My criticisms of libertarianism come from social problems, not the free market. As a matter of fact, one convincing argument I've heard against libertarianism comes from an article written by Steven Dutch, he is the link to said article http://www.uwgb.edu... Yet again, this might be criticism against more anarchistic-libertarians, but you should still be able to use this to build a defense against future criticisms. Allow me to finish by saying congratulations to HandsofManos for winning your election. I wish you much success in all your decisions, and hope you convert more heathens like myself in the future. It has really been fun.