Libertarians

Despite the fact that the Ron Paul Revolution has been squashed, we're still seeing a number of bumper stickers and signs each day. Frankly, we're curious as to what planet these people live on, or at least what country they've been living in. We'd love to be Libertarians, believe us, the basic tenets sound so great: Life, Liberty, Property, agrarian society, Don't Tread on Us, etc. In fact most of our political-related heroes were either Libertarian or at least preached it's value; Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill just to name a few. The thought of a minimalist state that emphasizes the individual sounds awesome...but have you looked around at the "individuals" recently?

Libertarians put a lot of faith in us humans. The entire success of their belief system is not only that people are inherently good, but that people are also intelligent, responsible and have common goals. We say wake-up and smell the coffee. The majority of people are idiots, many would steal from there own mothers, and there is a good number that, either do to their own deficiencies or a lack of opportunity, just plain-and-simple can't take care of themselves. If the individuals were left to be kings of their own castles, we'd be left with so much destitution that it would eventually drag down the quality of life of the wealthy and highly educated folks that makeup the foot soldiers of Ron Paul's Revolution.

We can see how perhaps, Libertarianism would be a viable option in wealthy, homogeneous countries with small populations, such as those with Scandinavian crosses on their flags, but we find it funny, that these countries--whom always seem to lead quality of life lists--are as close to socialist states as can be.