I think I agree with you, but I'm not sure. I would say that the problem is when people apply a purity test to libertarianism and are unwilling to recognize reality and won't compromise.
You can still maintain libertarian principles that inform your decisions about how you lead your daily life, voting, business practices, etc without ignoring reality. Here are some examples:
Free market is good, but monopolistic practices are bad so we need laws that oppose robber barons.
Nation-building is bad, but we need to defend ourselves against our enemies so an army is necessary for that purpose.
I totally agree and am what you might call a pragmatic libertarian. Pure libertarianism could only work in a high IQ, high trust society. Historically that means homogenous as well. Since the USA doesn't have those attributes it can't adopt unconstrained libertarian principals.
Libertarianism wouldn't work even in a homogenous society. Human nature is corrupted by the stain of original sin. And it sure as fuck won't work in our society that is already run largely by vermin of foreign origin.
I think I agree with you, but I'm not sure. I would say that the problem is when people apply a purity test to libertarianism and are unwilling to recognize reality and won't compromise.
You can still maintain libertarian principles that inform your decisions about how you lead your daily life, voting, business practices, etc without ignoring reality. Here are some examples:
Free market is good, but monopolistic practices are bad so we need laws that oppose robber barons.
Nation-building is bad, but we need to defend ourselves against our enemies so an army is necessary for that purpose.
I totally agree and am what you might call a pragmatic libertarian. Pure libertarianism could only work in a high IQ, high trust society. Historically that means homogenous as well. Since the USA doesn't have those attributes it can't adopt unconstrained libertarian principals.
Libertarianism wouldn't work even in a homogenous society. Human nature is corrupted by the stain of original sin. And it sure as fuck won't work in our society that is already run largely by vermin of foreign origin.