Some very close members of my family need to see this-

[Richard58]

26. So true.

When I was in college I was a libertarian for about 2 weeks before I really thought about the philosophy and realized how dumb and selfish it is. A libertarian acquaintance told me to listen to several recordings of some Ayn Rand talks hoping that would would strengthen my libertarian inclinations. I did and that is what truly drove me away from libertarianism. I found Ayn Rand to be a horrid, selfish heartless dirtbag and I wanted nothing to do with libertarianism after that.
Libertarians seem to believe that if you let the free market run wild and let businesses do whatever the hell they want everything will work out fine. And if roads need repairing just get your neighbors together and fix those potholes! Easy peasy. And who needs police when you can hire your own security guards or better yet just walk around armed all the time! It's basically a philosophy for idiots.
And I agree with some of the other commenters who say that libertarians are just Republicans who like to smoke weed and get laid.