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In reply to the discussion: The opposite of libertarian political ideology is not left or liberal, it's authoritarian. [View all]MicaelS
(8,747 posts)The idea of the elimination or minimization of the State is rubbish. I don't care if your call it Libertarianism, Anarchism, Marxism or Communism.
You're living in a fantasy world like the Libertarians, if you think the state it going to "wither away" or be drowned in a bathtub like they do.
With 8 billion people on this rock, we need some sort of structure to keep us from killing each other, or to prevent the return of Feudalism, which I think some of the Libertarians would like.
When you start taking the elimination of private property, then that sounds like Communism. I would like to own my own home, and to be forced to live in some mega-apt with thousands of others.
I think Anarchists, Libertarians, Objectivists, Marxists and Communists are all delusional.