I'm a recovering libertarian. I've come to the conclusion that it won't work for the same reason communism doesn't work. People suck.
I've reached much the same conclusion, but still consider myself mostly a libertarian because I still think it's perhaps the ideal situation, at least on the small scale. I want drastically reduced government, to such a degree that most people who utter the phrase 'limited government' would be like, 'no, whoa, take a step back there, buddy.'
Similar to how, to some extent, communism can work on the small scale, when it's voluntary, it's opt-in, and everyone shares the same specific goals.
So even though I see and readily admit the flaws in libertarianism, I'm still attached to libertarian ideals. I just don't think it will magically fix anything. Libertarianism as a large scale system is a utopianist pipedream.
I'm right there with you. I want to live on a small commune with like minded people working for the betterment of our community. I cannot see how that works on anything other than a micro scale
I've reached much the same conclusion, but still consider myself mostly a libertarian because I still think it's perhaps the ideal situation, at least on the small scale. I want drastically reduced government, to such a degree that most people who utter the phrase 'limited government' would be like, 'no, whoa, take a step back there, buddy.'
Similar to how, to some extent, communism can work on the small scale, when it's voluntary, it's opt-in, and everyone shares the same specific goals.
So even though I see and readily admit the flaws in libertarianism, I'm still attached to libertarian ideals. I just don't think it will magically fix anything. Libertarianism as a large scale system is a utopianist pipedream.
I'm right there with you. I want to live on a small commune with like minded people working for the betterment of our community. I cannot see how that works on anything other than a micro scale