10 Reasons Why Libertarianism is Bullshit

[JoeyT]

9. Agreed.

Selfishness is a virtue doesn't come close to assuming people are basically good. It's a "Fuck them before they fuck you!" mentality. Everything becomes a zero-sum game.

It often *claims* to assume people are basically good, for example when it can screech about how private charity will feed the poor (norillyguys it will!) so we shouldn't be paying taxes to feed hungry children, but that's just being, to borrow your description, ruthless and uncaring. They don't give a shit if hungry kids get fed, they just don't want to pay taxes. If you push them long enough you can usually get them to admit it.