Comments on: Security in a Libertarian Society https://didacticmind.com/2013/06/security-in-libertarian-society.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2013/06/security-in-libertarian-society.html#comment-4289 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:04:16 +0000 #comment-4289 In reply to Unknown.

Correct. When it comes to open borders, immigration, and free trade, I am one of the very few libertarians that breaks with the orthodoxy on all of those subjects. I used to think very much in line with the mainstream, until Vox Day's arguments against both free trade and immigration convinced me otherwise.

There is no shame in admitting that the facts on the ground plainly contradict the elegant theories of libertarian orthodoxy. Too many libertarians make the mistake of thinking that all men truly are created equal, and that it is impossible to objectively measure one race's propensity for civilised behaviour against another's. This is of course untrue. The reality is that Western Europeans and their various descendants have done the hard work necessary to become civilised and free over the course of nearly 2,000 years, while Africans plainly have a very long way to go.

There will be a post coming up related to these subjects, so if this interests you, stay tuned.

]]> By: Unknown https://didacticmind.com/2013/06/security-in-libertarian-society.html#comment-4288 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 07:30:52 +0000 #comment-4288 Your discussion of time preference veers very close to the truth of what forms the basis of a productive society. However you must admit that that is in no way part of mainstream libertarian thought, or, if it is, forms a clear contradiction with the mainstream libertarian advocation of open borders.
If anything, libertarians are more beholden to the ideal of open borders than to the realisation of the ramifications of differing time preference capabilities in different populations. That is one reason why many people say that libertarianism is not a viable model, even though they share and admire many other (even most) libertarian ideals.

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