Libertarianism.org

Understand what libertarianism is before attacking it.

"Capitalism has been misrepresented, practically from its inception. Both by its enemies and its alleged defenders. But the amount of distortion and misrepresentation that goes on today even though evidence to the contrary is available and is accumulating year by year is truly staggering. It is perhaps the single most misrepresented issue in cultural history."

"As there is no legal or moral justification for supporting the Confederacy in the Civil War, it is impossible that there could be a libertarian one."

"Sweden’s biggest social and economic successes took place when Sweden had a laissez-faire economy, and widely distributed wealth preceded the welfare state."

Trump is certainly challenging American institutions, but not in a libertarian way: http://bit.ly/2G9rgq0

What kind of libertarian are you? What moral theory underpins your political theory?

Are there differences between modern progressives and socialists?

TThe market process uses the tool of profit-and-loss accounting to steer entrepreneurs into economical decisions. Attempts to substitute another system for genuine capitalism will lead to unintended consequences."

In 1945, only 25% finished high school. You could use the high school degree to do what you now use the college degree to do. Does it make sense for govt to pour money into the system if the main effect is just increasing the degrees you need? http://bit.ly/2ocdcE1 #edchat

"Those who defend the Confederacy in the name of liberty today must assume, against all historical evidence, that rationality and economic benefit would have otherwise trumped the exploitation and irrational hate that drove the institution of slavery, the rebellion to defend slavery, and the Jim Crow South to avenge slavery’s defeat. That the Southern states used the power restored to them after Reconstruction to keep their citizens in poverty and deny them their rights as American citizens is the best argument for the federal government in living memory.