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Libertarians believe in little or no government, with individuals possessing strong or even sovereign property rights, along with the freedom to trade property as they wish on the free market.
By contrast, liberals promote extensive government support of the free market and the taxation of property. Yet these are not the only reasons why liberals object to libertarianism.
First, anarchy has historically led to violence, survival of the fittest, and eventual concentrations of power.
Second, there are no working examples of libertarianism in history, so the system remains untested in modern times, and probably for good reason.
Third, such a system would make landlords and business owners the dictators over their property, upon which tenants must live and workers must labor.
Fourth, the voluntary contracts that would supposedly protect tenants and workers presupposes that there is no such thing as market failure or contract failure, in face of widespread evidence that there is.
Only two per cent of Americans consider themselves to be libertarian. Many of these people are on the lunatic fringe and want to ban IRS.
Some libertarians advocate no government and others a minimal government.
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