200%. And I say this as a still mostly libertarian.
I'm about at that point myself. My ideal society is largely libertarian, but it is wholly inadequate for solving this problem. The problem being, that collectivists are overwhelmingly more powerful than individuals due to their numbers advantage. We cannot escape them since they will never stop coming after us, and there is nowhere left to run to. There is no longer a peaceful political solution outside of secession, and even that is likely to turn violent since the collectivist blue states need the individualist red states to survive.
We need someone with the balls to say "fuck the system, your power is meaningless". Someone who will do what is necessary, even if it is unpopular, or even immoral, to ensure that we do not die out.
It's tricky, though. It's always hard to pull off, even in the best case scenarios, because dictators are, well, dictators.
And there lies the big "what if" question. Is there a man in this country who simultaneously has the cajones to violate all our freedoms, but the moral fortitude to restore them after the dust has settled? After all, absolute power invariably goes to people's heads, and it is the ultimate test of character to be able to give that power back.
We need Julius Caesar, but we also need George Washington. I'm not sure if humanity is capable of producing a man that significant.
My ideal society is largely libertarian, but it is wholly inadequate for solving this problem.
Libertarianism doesn't solve problems. It can still be set as an end goal, but libertarianism alone isn't going to get you there. It has some of the same problems of communism; not taking human nature into account. Libertarianism - and communism - would work, if everyone was of a libertarian or communist mindset. Considering they're not, trying to get there on those ideals alone is utopianist thinking.
We need someone with the balls to say "fuck the system, your power is meaningless". Someone who will do what is necessary, even if it is unpopular, or even immoral, to ensure that we do not die out.
Yup. My ideal scenario on that front, so as to still have some semblance of representationalism, is for someone to have the massive balls to run for election, campaigning as a dictator. Have your platform be that you're going to ignore the rules. That way you still have the will of the people as you bulldoze the system. But, that too is largely utopianist, although fun to think about. If we do get a dictator, I think it's unfortunately more likely it will be through violence. But you never know.
I'm about at that point myself. My ideal society is largely libertarian, but it is wholly inadequate for solving this problem. The problem being, that collectivists are overwhelmingly more powerful than individuals due to their numbers advantage. We cannot escape them since they will never stop coming after us, and there is nowhere left to run to. There is no longer a peaceful political solution outside of secession, and even that is likely to turn violent since the collectivist blue states need the individualist red states to survive.
We need someone with the balls to say "fuck the system, your power is meaningless". Someone who will do what is necessary, even if it is unpopular, or even immoral, to ensure that we do not die out.
And there lies the big "what if" question. Is there a man in this country who simultaneously has the cajones to violate all our freedoms, but the moral fortitude to restore them after the dust has settled? After all, absolute power invariably goes to people's heads, and it is the ultimate test of character to be able to give that power back.
We need Julius Caesar, but we also need George Washington. I'm not sure if humanity is capable of producing a man that significant.
Libertarianism doesn't solve problems. It can still be set as an end goal, but libertarianism alone isn't going to get you there. It has some of the same problems of communism; not taking human nature into account. Libertarianism - and communism - would work, if everyone was of a libertarian or communist mindset. Considering they're not, trying to get there on those ideals alone is utopianist thinking.
Yup. My ideal scenario on that front, so as to still have some semblance of representationalism, is for someone to have the massive balls to run for election, campaigning as a dictator. Have your platform be that you're going to ignore the rules. That way you still have the will of the people as you bulldoze the system. But, that too is largely utopianist, although fun to think about. If we do get a dictator, I think it's unfortunately more likely it will be through violence. But you never know.