On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:54:41AM +1000, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote:
Libertarianism is all about liberty for the super-rich and serfdom for people like us.
You're thinking of the American brand of the Libertarian Right, not all forms of libertarianism. For instance my lot, Pirate Party Australia, our policies and principles are pretty much consistent with the Libertarian Left and I think you'll find plenty in there that you agree with (given one of your other examples I suggest you start with the tax policy, negative tax and the basic income policy).
Libertarianism is about helping the powerful subjugate the weak.
Not even the Libertarian Right go that far if they're genuine and stick to their principles. People seriously trying that and claiming to be libertarian aren't actually libertarian, they're fascists without an army to back it up. Regards, Ben