reply to post by lastrebel
Let's break this down so it's more easily understood by people.
Libertarians want all members of society to have abundant opportunities to achieve economic
success.
Libertarians want all corporations in a society to have abundant opportunities to crush competition and establish monopolies.
A free and competitive market allocates resources in the most efficient manner.
Stripping every single natural resource from this planet is good for business.
Each person has the right to offer goods and services to others on the free market.
No matter what the product is made out of, or how dangerous, or even if the product works or not, Libertarians believe that shysters have the right to
gouge and rip off the public.
The only proper role of government in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in
which voluntary trade is protected.
Libertarians believe that the only roll of government is to protect the corporate oligarchy.
All efforts by government to redistribute wealth, or to control or manage trade, are improper in a free society.
Regulations? We don't need no stinking regulations!
reply to post by lastrebel
Property rights are entitled to the same protection as all other human rights.
Because corporations are people too!
The owners of property have the full right to control, use, dispose of, or in any manner enjoy, their property without interference, until and
unless the exercise of their control infringes the valid rights of others.
Whether it be strip mining, clear cutting, or dumping toxic pollutants into the water, it's all good!
We oppose all controls on wages, prices, rents, profits, production, and interest rates.
Why should't we be able to force people to work for .13c an hour? Fair market value? What's that all about? If a hurricane hits the gulf we should
be able to jack up the cost of everything 300%!
We advocate the repeal of all laws banning or restricting the advertising of prices, products, or services.
Listen if we want to market and sell asbestos as a dietary fiber bar, we should be able to, why should we have to disclose anything on our packaging?
We oppose all violations of the right to private property, liberty of contract, and freedom of trade.
We want a corporate oligarchy? What part of this don't you understand?
The right to trade includes the right not to trade — for any reasons whatsoever.
If an insurance company wants to drop a customer for being too expensive, or deny coverage because of a pre existing condition we say that's just
fine!
Where property, including land, has been taken from its rightful owners by the government or private action in violation of individual rights,
we favor restitution to the rightful owners.
Sounds like reparations to me.
reply to post by lastrebel
We support a clean and healthy environment and sensible use of our natural resources.
Our PR firms will spin strip mining, clear cutting, dumping toxic waste, and other practices into something the public will find palatable and we will
say that we support a clean environment and blow other rainbows up your butts.
Private landowners and conservation groups have a vested interest in maintaining natural resources.
We want to make sure that we deplete this planets resources in the most efficient way possible for the greatest profit.
Pollution and misuse of resources cause damage to our ecosystem.
We know this, and yet, we don't really care, but here's more smoke and rainbows for your butt.
Governments, unlike private businesses, are unaccountable for such damage done to our environment and have a terrible track record when it
comes to environmental protection.
We mean we have a worse track record, but let's deflect and blame the government. Sure, you can sue us when your child is born with horrible birth
defects, and we will drag litigation out for YEARS before you see a dime, and when you do eventually get a weak settlement from us, we will just jack
up our prices accordingly and call it cost of doing business.
Protecting the environment requires a clear definition and enforcement of individual rights in resources like land, water, air, and
wildlife.
All of which we will exploit to the most profitable degree and we want to restate that the corporate oligarchy's rights are always protected.
Free markets and property rights stimulate the technological innovations and behavioral changes required to protect our environment and
ecosystems.
We want to create the newest ways to rape this planet and spin it to make you believe that we care.
We realize that our planet's climate is constantly changing, but environmental advocates and social pressure are the most effective means of
changing public behavior.
To which we mean our PR firms will produce advertisements making you believe we care about the environment and climate while we deplete this planet of
every single natural resource.
There you go, Libertarians = Corporate Oligarchy.
