Correct me if I’m wrong or misinformed but libertarian want smaller government. “If no one is being harmed, it’s not my business.” What are some issues the government could handle then?
Posted Jun 29, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC
Maintaining property rights, national defense, courts, and breaking up monopolies
enforcing the law, defending from foreign invaders, and (i think it was smith that said this one) implementing services that are needed but would be very costly and yet get an unfairly small return that it cant be left to 1 individual or business to be responsible for, such as roads.
Yup. Pretty much this. About the only time libritarians want government intervention is when the cost of not having government intervention is prohibitive, or would otherwise result in an incomplete societal structure which causes mitigatable unnecessary suffering (for example monopoly restrictions).
Water and sewers as well.
i think that fallsunder the last one. or at least sewers do
Everyone always brings up roads, but hardly anyone brings up water and sewers. Meh, roads.
Getting out of the way.
Minarchist say the gov should provide national defense, courts of law and law enforcement, and nothing else;
The AnCap says no gov is legitimate, and private solutions are the only moral ones.