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Only for educated people: What's so bad about libertarianism and anarchy?

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Most people have either never heard about them or they have the wrong idea. Why don't they teach about libertarianism in history?

I'm talking about the political ideology of anarchism, not that whole "Let's rebel against everyone and beat people up! Yay violence!" They are two different things.

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  1. "Libertarianism is, as the name implies, the belief in liberty. Libertarians strive for the best of all worlds - a free, peaceful, abundant world where each individual has the maximum opportunity to pursue his or her dreams and to realize his full potential."

    Many people that are uneducated in it confuse libertarianism for liberalism, this is indeed true. Liberalism is flat out stupid and ruins the lives of others, Liberals will be the downfall of this country. Also, in history classes at high school the teachers want students to remain normal. The teachers do not want to be responsible for a student for being a libertarian. I do not believe there is anything wrong with libertarianism.

    "Anarchism is the political belief that society should have no government, laws, police, or other authority"

    Then the world will be in dystopia, order is needed in society or it will be an all out war. The strongest survive and the weakest have no one to save them. Knowledge is no longer the pursuit. We will be like a bunch of wild animals just killing each other as we wish. Imagine you buying some nice Turkey with your money, and someone just taking it, and you not being able to do anything about it. That would really be messed up and that would happen IF money even exists in Anarchism.  


  2. You know, it's the winners in history who write the history books. Ever heard of the Japanese internment in USA during World War II? Most haven't. I read a book about it in my freshman year of high school and was appalled. As "good" as some schools may be, they don't teach everything there is to know about the world around us -- which is pretty sad to say, because I'm a sophomore in high school, and although I am blessed to attend the one I do, I still learn loads more off of the Internet, loads that most high schools (especially in the staunchly Republican south) would never dare teach. It's also about politics too, I suppose you could say, and how education is affected. Those book publishing companies might just be buddy-buddy with government officials, which might be why I had to research libertarianism and anarchy on my own and form my own opinion about it. I don't see a problem with it at all. I think it needs to be a bit polished more and have more media coverage -- but then again, media is corporate too, and in today's world, the words "corporation" and "politics" are practically one in the same.

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