Quote:ordnance11 wrote:Basically, yes.Quote:khagler wrote:Since all known forms of government require some form of compulsion or coercion, won't it make a libertarian anti-government..i.e. against any government by definition. So a libetarian government would be an oxymoron by your definition?
Just on the off chance that anyone actually cares what "libertarian" really means: A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation.
In theory it's possible for something you might call a very minimal government to exist based on voluntary cooperation, but the best known example is actually fictional--Heinlein's Lunar society in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. The only real-world example I can think of offhand is pre-colonization Somali society, which was very similar to Heinlein's fictional one (I wouldn't be surprised if it was where he got the idea). I find it simpler to just say I'm anti-government.