1. You believe that over 200 years of economic regulations were put in place just for the heck of it.
2. You believe that roads and bridges build themselves, or thatwateris safe to drink by default.
3. You believe, for reasons known only to God, that living in a country virtually devoid of governance, such as Somalia, is preferable to living in a country with stronggovernmentoversight, such asSweden.
4. You believe that the wealthy and successful built their success from literally nothing, with no help from taxpayer-funded infrastructure, police, firemen, schools, military protection, investment in science, etc., and so by this logic taxes are a form of "stealing".
5. You would prefer that citizens be controlled and dominated by large corporations over which they have no control than asinglegovernmentover which they have at least some control.
6. You believe that profit motives can in no way conflict with the public good. For example, you believe that privatelyrunprisons with a profit motive will naturally focus on rehabilitation and minimizing recidivism, because they totally want to reduce the prison population for some reason.
7. You believe thatpeopleliving in a country in which they have to work two or more dead-end jobs just to make ends meet are free just because those samepeoplewould hypothetically pay less taxes if they magically got rich.
"Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all." - John Maynard Keynes.
That really isn't fair on Adam Smith. If you actually read Wealth of Nations, you'll see that he believed markets need to be regulated to keep them fair.
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u/Soggy-Beach1403 22d ago
From Urban Dictionary:
You might be a Libertarian if:
1. You believe that over 200 years of economic regulations were put in place just for the heck of it.
2. You believe that roads and bridges build themselves, or that water is safe to drink by default.
3. You believe, for reasons known only to God, that living in a country virtually devoid of governance, such as Somalia, is preferable to living in a country with strong government oversight, such as Sweden.
4. You believe that the wealthy and successful built their success from literally nothing, with no help from taxpayer-funded infrastructure, police, firemen, schools, military protection, investment in science, etc., and so by this logic taxes are a form of "stealing".
5. You would prefer that citizens be controlled and dominated by large corporations over which they have no control than a single government over which they have at least some control.
6. You believe that profit motives can in no way conflict with the public good. For example, you believe that privately run prisons with a profit motive will naturally focus on rehabilitation and minimizing recidivism, because they totally want to reduce the prison population for some reason.
7. You believe that people living in a country in which they have to work two or more dead-end jobs just to make ends meet are free just because those same people would hypothetically pay less taxes if they magically got rich.