Failed libertarian

[supergee]

Unsurprising psychological study of libertarians:

1. Libertarians will value liberty more strongly and consistently than liberals or conservatives, at the expense of other moral concerns.
2. Libertarians will rely upon emotion less – and reason more – than will either liberals or conservatives.
3. Libertarians will be more individualistic and less collectivist compared to both liberals and conservatives.

That explains why I wanted to be a libertarian, though I have long since decided that a lot of problems such as Tragedy of the Commons, Coordination Problem, Externalities, etc., keep it from working.

Thanx to andrewducker

Comments

[necturus]

To me libertarianism is scarcely distinguishable from the classical liberalism of the Age of Enlightenment. It is rooted in Adam Smith, deism, and the clockwork universe of the Age of Reason, whereas conservatism and modern liberalism both spring from Christianity. Theirs is the universe where God commands His elect to work His will on earth, either to order it according to strict traditions or to establish universal justice and fairness.

Myself, I am a socialist; my universe is that of dialectical materialism, class consciousness and the struggle between capital and labor over the wealth that labor creates. Socialism was born of the industrial age of the nineteenth century and matured in the age of automation, globalism, and resource depletion. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need: that is the way of the future.