That's funny. Ideologically I am not libertarian but I am all about voting for them based on where we are now.
I have so many questions for you after this post. I think I'll start with just these 3; what is your version of libertarianism, why is it incompatible with the constitution, do you see a possible transitional period of incremental progress toward it or is revolution the only way to get there?
In my experience most libertarians are big business libertarians. They have a view that we should take the shackles off of entrepreneurs and "job creators" by reducing their tax burden and their regulatory hurdles.
My view of libertarianism is that it should serve the individual above all and it should serve all individuals well. It shouldn't set up a system of wolves and sheep. I think if you read many of the libertarian forums you will see that generally libertarians view themselves as exceptional people and want to live in a world where exceptional people can take advantage, without restraint, of all the less than exceptional people out there. Of course that's not what they'll say outright. But I would still want a government that protects people from lying, stealing, cheating, coercion and physical force, in all forms.
I'm not against big business, at all. But I started out as a libertarian with the idea that lying, cheating, stealing and coercion were bad and that other than that let people make their own choices. I always felt compelled to include coercion. I think that it is very possible, that in a truely libertarian society that large businesses could essentially create a slave class (more than already exists) that has fewer choices and fewer freedoms than we have in present day U.S..
I think there would need to be specific oversight to mitigate the coercive force that huge corporations could wield on individuals.
I also don't believe in limited liability (LLC). I think that companies should have to pay, in full, any individual that they harm in any quantifiable way. That would absolutely include the assets of the individuals who made the decisions that lead to harm. I think my view on this would absolutely stifle business as we know it in the U.S. today.
I think the only way for employees to survive in a libertarian society is to have powerful unions. I also think there would need to be consumer unions.
But ultimately, like I said, I don't see a path to real libertarianism in the U.S.. I think the right place to try libertarianism would be in a new human settlement, so basically, somewhere other than Earth. No revolution. I would be terrified if the U.S. constitution was dissolved. I wouldn't be willing to go down that path to experiment with libertarianism. I'm comfortable and happy with our current non-perfect system that disagrees with my ideology at times. I'd like to make our system work as best it can, not try to make it sort of resemble my ideological vision when it could never really do that.
