‘The Question Libertarians Just Can’t Answer’

Excellent points made here. Even better than I could make by myself, but not by much.

For some reason, the finger-waggers at Salon think they’ve got us stumped with this one: “If your approach is so great, why hasn’t any country in the world ever tried it?”

So this is the unanswerable question? What’s supposed to be so hard about it? Ninety percent of what libertarians write about answers it at least implicitly.

Let’s reword the question slightly, in order to draw out the answer. You’ll note that when stated correctly, the question contains an implicit non sequitur.

(1) “If your approach is so great, why doesn’t local law enforcement want to give up the money, supplies, and authority that come from the drug war?”

(2) “If your approach is so great, why don’t big financial firms prefer to stand or fall on their merits, and prefer bailouts instead?”

(3) “If your approach is so great, why do people prefer to earn a living by means of special privilege instead of by honest production?”

(4) “If your approach is so great, why does the military-industrial complex prefer its revolving-door arrangement and its present strategy of fleecing the taxpayers via its dual strategy of front-loading and political engineering?”

(5) “If your approach is so great, why do businessmen often prefer subsidies and special privileges?”

(6) “If your approach is so great, why do some people prefer to achieve their ends through war instead?”

(7) “If your approach is so great, why does the political class prefer to live off the labor of others, and exercise vast power over everyone else?”

(8) “Special interests win special benefits for themselves because those benefits are concentrated and significant. The costs, dispersed among the general public, are so insignificant to any particular person, that the general public has no vested interest in organizing against it. An extra 25 cents per gallon of orange juice is hardly worth devoting one’s life to opposing, but an extra $100 million per year in profits for the companies involved sure is worth the time to lobby for.

“If your approach is so great, why does this happen?”

(9) “If your approach is so great, why don’t people want to try it out, after having been propagandized against it nonstop for 17 years?” (K-12, then four years of college.)

Well, I guess the question answers itself: http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/the-que...t-cant-answer/

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Too funny. In other words, Libertarians refuse to answer the question.

Too funny. In other words, Libertarians refuse to answer the question. Originally Posted by timpage

No. They don't need to answer. COG does it for them. Like he said ...

"Even better than I could make by myself, but not by much."

How about: "Why do you suck dick in the Salina bus station when you have the freedom to suck dick in any bus station you choose?"

I guess that's more for Whiny than for great Americans like Rand ("what's next, animals?") Paul...

Too funny. In other words, Libertarians refuse to answer the question. Originally Posted by timpage

even better than COF can refuse to answer the question ... but not by much

You guys really did not understand the post. Figures. Gawd, you are illiterate idiots!

You guys really did not understand the post. Figures. Gawd, you are illiterate idiots!

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

lawyer jumbo... when you get your ass handed to you the other person is the idiot

No, CBJ7. That is not true. On the rare occasion when I've had my ass handed to me here, I've admitted it. In this case, it's the person or persons who think they've handed me my ass, but haven't, who are the idiots. Case in point, you.

You simply have to work on your comprehension. You are still sounding so stupid!

Nobody likes fighting against our founding fathers, yet fewer today understand what they fought for.

what significance does it have today, when arrogant, ignorant hypocrites run roughshod over the people of this country in the name of God, Guns and Go Fuck Yourself?

Reflected in the insincere and deliberately false postings by our resident post whore, Whiny!

Please, Assup, (and I realize this will stretch your intellectual ability far past its limits) explain how my posts are insincere and deliberately false.

what significance does it have today, when arrogant, ignorant hypocrites run roughshod over the people of this country in the name of God, Guns and Go Fuck Yourself? Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

People fought and died in order to form our government. Just because the Repubs and Dems alike choose not to respect that in all capacity, does not make it any less significant.

Nice avatar Whiny!

Homofagnit!