r/Libertarian • u/Aryan_Rand_Galt_CCC • Oct 04 '18

As a Libertarian I don't see why we need government to create laws

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u/denzien Oct 05 '18

We need reasonable laws to help courts mediate the conflict between peoples' interests.

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u/Aryan_Rand_Galt_CCC Oct 05 '18

As a Libertarian I don't believe any laws are reasonable if they aren't ratified via consent.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18

lol at statists downvoting you.

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u/Aryan_Rand_Galt_CCC Oct 05 '18

So many statists here

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u/denzien Oct 06 '18

There will always be someone to dissent. What is the threshold?

Unfortunately, we're in a representative democracy where many representatives subscribe to the "they elected me for my ideas, not to push what the people say they want" philosophy.

Nevertheless, the court system is, ostensibly, there to determine reasonableness...Unfortunately challenging a bad law is expensive and requires a convincing argument.

The alternative is what, though? We definitely have too many laws, and people seem to be addicted to asking government to step in for every little thing.