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A thread with the word 'libertarian' in the title, hooray! You can almost hear the search bar diminishing.
But anyway, one of my main beefs with the whole libertarian thing is that it sounds so... unstable. It proposes some pretty darn major reforms that would, at least temporarily, pull the rug under a lot of people. Combine that with general gutting of state powers and you have a recipe for a revolution right there, with the future government most likely decidedly unlibertarian and statist, and certainly unlikely to hear about one's interesting treatises on non-coercion principle.
So, let's say that libertarians succeed and make the government. (In America, of course, considering that outside of Costa Rica, America's the only country where you need to take the socks off to count the number of libertarians.) We're talking presidency and bulletproof majorities in Senate and House here. America's loopy election system means that a candidate could theoretically win a three-person race with 15-17% of the vote. Senate and House would be tougher, but manageable with stealth tactics, some luck, not to mention a pinch of general insanity. Let's throw in majority of Supreme Court vacant and filled with libertarian-minded judges, as well. They begin to work to implement, say, the Libertarian Party platform.
How long until the government falls and what kills it?
I'm saying 6 months and it'll fall to a communist revolution.
But anyway, one of my main beefs with the whole libertarian thing is that it sounds so... unstable. It proposes some pretty darn major reforms that would, at least temporarily, pull the rug under a lot of people. Combine that with general gutting of state powers and you have a recipe for a revolution right there, with the future government most likely decidedly unlibertarian and statist, and certainly unlikely to hear about one's interesting treatises on non-coercion principle.
So, let's say that libertarians succeed and make the government. (In America, of course, considering that outside of Costa Rica, America's the only country where you need to take the socks off to count the number of libertarians.) We're talking presidency and bulletproof majorities in Senate and House here. America's loopy election system means that a candidate could theoretically win a three-person race with 15-17% of the vote. Senate and House would be tougher, but manageable with stealth tactics, some luck, not to mention a pinch of general insanity. Let's throw in majority of Supreme Court vacant and filled with libertarian-minded judges, as well. They begin to work to implement, say, the Libertarian Party platform.
How long until the government falls and what kills it?
I'm saying 6 months and it'll fall to a communist revolution.
) would bring them to power
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