[Libertarians] are nothing more than economic
conservatives ([Privatize] all government services, end public schools,
screw the poor) who are simply not religious fuck-tards. They can be
anywhere from mainstream christian to atheist, but the only thing they
have in common is that they do not want to pay any taxes for anything,
and they would rather have the government just cater to business.
A typical libertarian is someone who doesnt care about religious or
moral issues, but who wants to eliminate public schools, because
education is not a right under the constitution, and who wants to
eliminate all government regulations on business, because businesses
can just police themselves
In other words, they are [amoral] sociopaths who dont give a fuck about
humanity, or about using government to build a fair, just, equitable
society that serves all the people equally.
I bought into the whole libertarian thing a while back, but when it
came down to regulations, I realized they had a serious disconnect.
Most of [the libertarian] literature Ive seen, and most of the
[libertarians] Ive talked to believe in business self-regulation like
a religion. They seem to think that businesses always have the best
interests of the people in mind, and that we dont need [minimum wages],
[zoning] regulations, safety regulations, or any regulations, because
the market must be free to go in whatever direction it goes in, let
workers decide which businesses have the best policies by not working
for bad companies, and taxes only [inhibit] growth and prosperity.
Its all [total bullshit]. Everyone knows that self regulation is
bullshit -- it ALWAYS has resulted in corporate aliances that
deliberately screw customers. Just look how the self-regulation of the
stock [brokers] and auditors, and energy companies ended up -- [MCI], [Tyco],
[Enron], Anderson-Little, and others. If a company has an opportunity to
get away with screwing its customers without accountability, THEY
WILL. If a company is allowed to operate a facility with dangerous
practices that endanger workers or the surrounding community, IT WILL.
Regulations were invented for very good reasons -- to protect workers,
to protect communities, and to make people and companies accounatable
when things go horribly wrong. Libertarians want us to forget our past
run-ins with monopolies and industry self-regulation.