Many on this site identify as libertarians, and I am definitely opposed to the government sticking its beak in, and to big government in general. However, a few problems arise, for me.

In the recent debate on here about health care, there was libertarian argument against universal health care, because we "need less government, not more." Agreed absolutely...but does that mean that all governmental functions are inherently wrong? Health care must be handled by somebody, and, as profoundly amoral as governments are, they are at least PARTIALLY accountable to the people...unlike the business sectors that currently handle it, and which the libertarians would have keep running it. These companies answer to no one but share holders, and much suffering is the result. They are notorious for dropping people as soon as a major illness kicks in, and also many families have been bankrupted if one of their members has a long stay in the hospital. Ideally, neither of these corrupt systems would handle health, but for now, government is the healthier alternative.

If I were to declare a political affiliation, it would be as a libertarian socialist...mainstream libertarians tend to advocate laissez faire economics that allow for the disgustingly amoral practices of the world's corporations. I read that NATO is the only treaty in history which has been proven to harm the general populace and wages of all the countries involved....it is praised glowingly for the great wealth it has brought to big business, but few others. I advocate that the workers own and control their own workplace, answering to labourers and nobody else....laissez faire capitalism is hardly any better than state communism, in my books (which is pretty damn awful). These assholes have to be curbed, because of the demonstrable harm they do domestically as well as worldwide.

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overgrowthegovt Reviewed by overgrowthegovt on . The problem with libertarianism Many on this site identify as libertarians, and I am definitely opposed to the government sticking its beak in, and to big government in general. However, a few problems arise, for me. In the recent debate on here about health care, there was libertarian argument against universal health care, because we "need less government, not more." Agreed absolutely...but does that mean that all governmental functions are inherently wrong? Health care must be handled by somebody, and, as profoundly Rating: 5