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Originally Posted by arock10
ok to summarize libertarianism is an unattainable fantasy?
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in any pure form, yes.
some of the conceptual principles could be alloyed into either democrat or republican policy, and tested.
this could give that party a strong political advantage.
the problem of course is that we live in a covert plutocracy, so neither the dems or the repubs have any actual power to shape their own policies.
the plutocrats decide what happens. the parties are just bread and circuses whose purpose is to provide a cover for the actual decisionmaking.
which is another reason why libertarians can't govern. they have no response to plutocracy, and plutocracy isn't part of the theory.
plutocrats like having a cover government with a massive cash flow and the power to redistribute wealth the ways the plutocrats want. so they see no benefit in adding libertarian principles.
so no worries, libertarianism is not ever going to happen. that makes it a perfect voter registration for whacked out internet free thinkers like me.