Many college-age folks have had flirtations with libertarian philosophy, myself included. It's attractive to believe that government causes all your problems, and the world would perfect if only government would go away and let us enjoy all the true freedoms we're supposed to have, including . . .
The freedom to have no safety, security or protection.
The freedom to be ripped off, poisoned and polluted in the name of free-market capitalism.
The freedom to be hungry, sick, poor and uninsured.
The freedom to be pretty much on your own. Good luck!
So that's right, kids -- legalized weed could be a wonderful thing. If you get high enough, you could forget all the many reasons why you'd never, ever want to vote for that dumbass Rand Paul!
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(Click the link for an excellent article by Michael Lind in Salon.com which essentially poses the bottom-line question: "If Libertarianism is such a great fucking idea, why are there no Libertarian governments in this world?")
www.salon.com/2013/06/11/libertarians-still-a-cult/
Lol, it's funny, you don't understand liberty and why it is, in fact, the government that is the source of many problems. Everything the government does can be done privately with better, more efficient, and cheaper results.
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