I'll take individual liberty over government control any day,
True, you do need some government, which is why I'm libertarian, not anarcho-capitalist.
I get why people could disagree with libertarians, I just don't know why people think we're, as a whole, crazy. If you have different opinions on the role of government, being a conservative, liberal, or socialist could make sense. That's why I never call any of them kooks, idiots, wacko-birds, or anything like that.
The US, specifically, was founded on small-government principles. The Bill of Rights is a list of things limiting the federal government. They understood how important that is. Is there a place for government? Of course. But erring on the side of limiting it is NOT crazy.
(This is NOT to say there are no crazy libertarians. But there's crazies everywhere on the spectrum.)
Not at all. It's just one of the many political philosophies I don't completely agree with. Both me and an An-Cap agree we want minimal government, we just have different definitions of "minimal." We can agree that we want it MUCH smaller, cheaper, and less intrusive than it is now.
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