Comments on: Libertarians Not Wanted By Voters

By: Michael Z

Michael Z — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:11:13 +0000

JohnGalt300,
it should be noted that most bad things done with good intentions never had true good intentions to begin with. If the original intent of any action is truly good, and by that I mean good for all, then the results will mirror the good intent. Most people claiming good intentions are unaware of how fatally flawed their interpretation of good is. For a good intention for some will always have undesireable and unforseen effects on many.

By: JohnGalt300

JohnGalt300 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:06:49 +0000

I maintain that statism is a philosophy that claims no person has an obligation to assist another. Statism assumes people are essentially evil, and need to be compelled by the violent force of government to help their fellow man.

The moral reality is, it is not a question of the ends justifying the means, but rather the inevitability that the means become the ends. However well intentioned statist intervention for “the good of all” the result is closer to what one expects from more typical violent coercion. Take the welfare state in America. The welfare state mearly keeps poor peopl, who are being attaclked via the war on drugs (the welffare-warfare state) sustained, but dependent on the government. The result is a violent existence that is more impoverished then mere lack of material wealth.

People must evolve past the notion that helping others means picking up a gun.

By: Big T

Big T — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:53:30 +0000

I’d like to comment that Americans also seem to prefer Big Macs and KFC instead of a healthy diet.

Mass acceptance by a generally underinformed and misinformed audience is not the barometer of a valid political philosophy.

They idea once was to educate the public up to the levels of a high political discourse. Now the idea appears to be to dumb down the political discourse to the lowest common denominator.
It’s no wonder we now get to choose the political equivalent between Ronald MdDonald or The Burger King, for president of the US..

A sad commentary on today’s society in America.

Thanks for the opportunity to comment.

By: CET

CET — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:53:14 +0000

Get serious. The voters want them, it is the media and people like this author who don’t want them and carry all the power to keep them from getting traction. The third parties need to all have a run-off and ONLY run one person against the crooked democrats and republicans who are owned and operated by the elites that also own and operate Washington and all the media, tv and newspapers. If we are tired of government lying to us about corporations and what they are doing to the public, then we better get behind someone who is outside of the two party system-unless it is Ron Paul we vote in. If the Republican Party had any integrity, it would be begging Dr. Paul to be their nominee.

By: ecthompson

ecthompson — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:48:01 +0000

TJ –

A little harsh.

Thanks for your comments.

By: TeeJay

TeeJay — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:25:11 +0000

Libertarianism is the political equivalent of anarchism except that anarchy can be a part of a progressive progress leading to greater liberty. As a political party, Libertarians are confused and don’t really agree on much except that the status quo needs to be changed. Part of that change is certainly that we are entrenched in a 2 party system.

But if skinhead racists find a political party home with Andrew Sullivan and Bill Maher, I’m not voting for them or with them and I don’t really care what they say they’re going to change. It’s like saying, I don’t like speeding tickets so let’s remove the traffic lights and fire the police. There, now we’re all free at last.