--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, Wraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 02:05 AM 1/22/2008, you wrote: > > The problem has been that most people vote for the MORE EVIL > >candidate or Law when they have the chance. If they tended to vote > >for libertarian candidates, the parties would offer more and more > >libertarian choices. > > More evil from the perspective of a libertarian(note small L). >
Yes. More Evil. Is there any other valid perspective? > > > Sad to say, the Vast Majority despise libertarianism > > and always will. > > Look at this from the perspective of Austrian economics > market theory. There is damn little market for real liberty. > One of the reasons, is that the vast majority are frightened > of taking responsibility for their own actions/inactions, > and the consequences there of. > This is one of the Top Ten Libertarian Myths, and one that causes no end of wasted time and effort on the part of libertarians. People generally are just as desirous of Liberty - FOR THEMSELVES - as libertarians. Try to keep that in mind. You're wasting your time when you try to paint for them the glories of Freedom; they are already perfectly aware and in agreement. The Monarch loves Liberty - for himself. So do the Democrat and the Fascist and the Looter. In a democratic society like ours, one of the Freedoms the Vast Majority love is the Freedom to tell their neighbors how to live their lives. You will never persuade them to give that up. No, everyone loves Liberty. It is only the libertarian, though, who is willing to extend that liberty to others - THAT, not thelove of Freedom, is the defining character of the libertarian.
