LIBERTARIAN THINKING

by Dr. Lawrence Wilson

I. INTRODUCTION

DEFINITION

Libertarian ideas have their basis in what is called classical liberal philosophy. This was the philosophy of the founders of America. It emphasizes the value and rights of the individual Citizen and the importance of limitations on the power of government.

The word liberal has been completely taken over by the Democratic Party in America, so the term classical liberal is not used. It has been replaced by the term libertarian, which is similar in meaning. There is also a Libertarian Political Party in America that often runs candidates for some offices.

TWO GROUPS

However, there are two groups of libertarians. The first group is more like the founders of America.

The second and more recent group we believe is an aberration. It is probably a result of beatings and rapes by the alien group some call the thugs, crap, rogues, or satans.

Unfortunately, this new group of libertarians is often more prominent today. We do not agree with all their positions, which include open borders, no military involvement with other nations, and legalization of prostitution.

II. LIBERTARIAN POSITIONS

I sympathize with many Libertarian positions. These include a love of individual liberty, a love of the US Constitution, the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration Of Independence. They understand the benefits of liberty, free market economics, self-government, limited government power, and the specialness of America.

Libertarians have excellent ideas such as slashing the size and scope of the US national government, getting the nation out of debt, and getting rid the Federal Reserve banking system, which is thoroughly unconstitutional.

However, some newer Libertarians hold positions that I believe are very destructive. Here is a summary of what is wrong.

III. PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW LIBERTARIANS

A FREE NATION DEMANDS A VIRTUOUS POPULATION

The main problem with the new libertarians is they forget or neglect to emphasize that the libertarian conception requires a virtuous Judeo-Christian oriented population. These are the only people that are fit to govern themselves. The people must abide by the Ten Commandments given to Moses and the Golden Rule, for starters.

This is extremely clear in the writings of the founders of America such as Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, among many others. George Washington wrote that a nation like America requires “virtuous people”.

The founders clearly understood that to be self-governing, the people must have strong moral values, including a strong sense of right and wrong. This guides their behavior. Otherwise, people must be told what to do from a force outside of themselves – their rulers.

Anyone who denies this simply is not familiar with American history and the beliefs of the American founders. They were all devoutly religious men and women, unlike what is taught in our schools today.

Every one of them was well-versed in the Bible and Biblical commentary. Every one of them accepted basic Biblical teachings such as the Ten Commandments of Moses, the Golden Rule, and others. In fact, if one looks around the older buildings in Washington, DC, symbols of the Ten Commandments and Biblical quotes are found in numerous places.

The problem with some libertarians today is they do not share this spiritual aspect. Some want to legalize prostitution, recreational drug use, homosexual marriage, and more. An excellent website to learn about this is Wallbuilders.com, the site of historian David Barton.

FREEDOM VERSUS LICENSE

Some of the new libertarians are in favor of license. The founders of America were in favor of freedom or liberty. There is a difference, as follows:

License usually means the freedom to do as one wishes, usually as a government privilege. It does not necessarily respect the rights of others or any other restraints.

Freedom or liberty, as the founders of America understood it mean that one is free to act, but only within a special context or legal framework and providing one does not harm others.

Some modern-day libertarians agree they don't wish to harm others. However, they do not respect or take into account the Judeo-Christian view of the world and of mankind that built Western society and that was the context in which America was founded.

This context was, and still is expressed fairly well in the British common law. This was the prevailing law in Britain at the time of the American Revolution. It was adopted by America at the time of the founding of America.

It is firmly based on Biblical principles. Sadly, the American founders did not write that the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution are within the context of the British common law.

Until a larger number of people in America revert to the Judeo-Christian origins as America, the idea of just giving people license to do exactly as they please won’t work and does not work wherever it is tried. Here are some examples.

1. Loose morals and drugs. We are often lied to that loose morals and easy access to drugs is working in places such as Portugal, Netherlands, San Francisco, Hong Kong and a few others. We do not think it is working well in these places. It reduces some types of crime, and the people may seem happier.

However, the people’s health declines from sexually transmitted diseases and drugs that make the people happy but ruin the brain. Evaluating whether drugs, loose sex and other behaviors are “working” must be done very carefully and deeply, or the studies and reports are deceptive.

2. Allowing Iran and many other nations to develop nuclear weapons and basically to do exactly as they please around the world. Some Libertarians say it is none of our business what Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Red China, or other communist nations do.

They say we should pull all of our troops out of all nations and just defend America. This is a nice idea, but we don’t believe it will work today. It is too easy to bring a nuclear weapon in a suitcase on a small fishing boat to the shores of America or any nation, and detonate it.

It is also too easy for these nations to sponsor terrorism and revolution, and to takeover small, poorly defended nations all over the globe.

3. The military. Some Libertarians do not realize or do not accept the idea that the American military, while certainly not perfect, in fact keeps the peace around the world better than anyone else, and far better than groups such as United Nations or most national armies.

Indeed, it is one of the most spiritual forces on planet earth. It keeps many nations from succumbing to communism, dictatorship and Islamic extremism. The idea that American military strength should be cut back, we feel, is a huge mistake and a serious error of judgment.

It is a very dangerous world, and while no military force is perfect, the US military is the best, by far – the most humane, the most gentle, the most selfless and self-sacrificing and the most potent and effective as well.

The older libertarians and classical liberal thinkers, we believe, would not agree with these newer libertarian positions.

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ABOUT DRUGS AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION

Many opponents of America and what she stands for would love to destroy America with drugs. This is very well known among intelligence officials.

Some libertarians want to abandon all laws against marijuana and perhaps other drugs, and just let families, churches and communities handle the problem of drug use.

Technically, they are correct. Under the US Constitution, the people decide what to eat, drink or smoke. For example, when America decided to ban alcohol in the early 20th century, a constitutional Amendment was needed and passed to give the government the power to ban alcohol.

Another example concerns the Food And Drug Administration, which regulates all food and drug products. This agency, and most all national government agencies, are illegal and unconstitutional. The agencies violate the separation of powers doctrine. They also violate the legal doctrine of innocent until proven guilty.

Also, the national Congress does not have the power to regulate this way within the 50 states. This is called the dual role of Congress. They only have that power within the territories and possessions of the United States. But the two roles have been intentionally confused.

The FDA horror. No government agency, in our view, has killed more people than the US Food And Drug Administration. The author has a medical degree and nutrition is our specialty.

The food in America is terrible – all sanctioned and approved the FDA. Everyone should read the classic book on the subject, The History Of A Crime Against The Food Law - The Amazing Story Of the National Food And Drugs Law Intended To Protect The Health Of The People Perverted To Protect Adulteration Of Foods And Drugs, by Harvey W. Wiley, MD (first director of the Bureau Of Chemistry, later renamed the FDA).

Dr. Wiley does not deal with the constitutional issue regarding the legality of the FDA. However, the book illustrates well what happened and has happened to many US government regulatory agencies. Another excellent book is Death By Regulation by Mary Ruwart.

At this time, the people are very sick and the medical profession offers them very little help. So people self-medicate with marijuana and other recreational drugs. We fully understand, but we don't believe that just making cheap drugs available to the population is the answer. For more details, read Medical Marijuana, Hospital Horror, and the Regulatory State.

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