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I would retort that real libertarians would be very much in favor of consequences, but of course that would be to fall victim to the No True Scotsman fallacy. I think the best we can say in the current environment is that libertarianism is a philosophy that a large number of elected officials promote for the purposes of getting votes, but also a philosophy that most don't really have the stomach for when the excrement hits the fan. Maybe there really are no libertarians in foxholes?



If you look at the actions of the elected officials you will see a pattern.

libertarianism for YOU

socialism for ME


No elected official is libertarian. So I don't know why you would think that.

What we have is, those in power take from those that aren't.




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