Have you ever read For a New Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard?

Question

In this book, Rothbard laid out the whole system of libertarianism in its pure form. While he could have decided to support a limited government that is limited to defense and other functions which people generally consider to be government functions, but instead he laid out exactly how these functions can be privatized and why they should be privatized. Rothbard was a friend and supporter of Ron Paul, though Ron Paul is nowhere near as consistently libertarian as Rothbard was.

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Answer 1

While I was in college, I was briefly acquainted with Dr. Rothbard. He was considered the epitome of Libertarians. I attended one on his public lectures, and since it has been quite some time, I only remember how much he denigrated President Ronald Reagan for just about every action the man ever took. Is Dr. Rothbard still alive? I consider myself a Libertarian in many respects, but I have had a hard time reading many Libertarian manifestos due to the harshness and cold-bloodedness of their philosophies. I am not a complete, die-hard Libertarian, because first of all, I am a Christian. And in my life, Christ and his brethren come first, always...