Something must exist in reality before it can possibly spread. Once that something exists in the market, competition leads to innovation, which causes production costs to fall (outside of monetary inflation). If costs fall enough, that good or service can be accessed by anyone.

If production costs are high at a particular point in time, this does not mean they will remain high indefinitely. How does a planner determine if the cost of something is ideal today rather than yesterday, or if it “must” be arbitrarily “controlled”? If a good or service can be supplied cost-effectively at a price that meets consumer wants and needs, it would already be doing this in the market.

European health care “works” in some countries despite government, not because of it. Government intervention can only distort the market. As a result of such distortions, consumers act in ways that do not reflect reality, thus creating additional problems/costs which are typically addressed in the form of more intervention/collectivism. And repeat…

“right wing nut cakes prone to war”? I don't know if you noticed, but Democrats were responsible for getting us into every war over the last century up until the Gulf War. Democrats are warmongers too. And just because some hick family that can't communicate to save their lives was somehow successful enough to obtain the votes to get elected, then promptly abandoned the few remaining “principles” of their party, doesn't mean “right wing nut cakes” are “prone to war”.

I would also like to address one of your previous statements, “How would strict libertarian policy not lead to all the property being owned by a small minority?” Considering this logic (if you want to call it that), it seems a phenomenon such as this would have already occurred under our current system. Property values in Detroit are averaging $9,000, yet I don't see evidence of any impending fiefdoms. The rich are a-holes for providing people with employment and reducing the price of consumer goods. However, I would much prefer a government that prints it's own money, spends it while it's still worth something, and still can't seem to manage things in an efficient or cost-effective manner. Right.

Your typing got ahead of your brain (not hard for you to do). What you meant to write was, I'm all for as much liberty the State decides I need.

The history of humanity is rife with conflict over political control of territory. And what government is all about is the administration of conquered territory. All governments, monarchies and democracies, are oligarchies subsisting on the productivity of the serfs.

Serfdom is here.

That people get to vote over who the actual administrators are leaves them no less administered than any herd of sheep.

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