That might have been true, before libertarians allowed themselves to be wholly defined by their pro-drug platform. Now, they seem to be attracting users looking to rationalize their own behavior, instead of consitutionally-minded citizens trying to move America towards a more limited government.
Switzerland is absolutely a nanny-state for junkies. Mandatory treatment is merely part of the mandatory health-care agenda. And libertarians are on board with it, even if it is the antithesis of everything they supposedly stand for, because it's part of a relaxed drug policy. If the two are mutually exclusive, someone down at LP headquarters better blast-fax the faithful and let them know about it before they end up with Bill Maher as the party chairman.
Arguing against the WOD is one thing. Arguing in favor of Switzerland's socialist junkie-maintenance program is quite another.
That might have been true, before libertarians allowed themselves to be wholly defined by their pro-drug platform. Now, they seem to be attracting users looking to rationalize their own behavior, instead of consitutionally-minded citizens trying to move America towards a more limited government.
So give us an example of libertarians supporting a nanny-state policy.
"libertarians allowed themselves to be wholly defined by their pro-drug platform"
The only people who do that are their enemies - I assume you are one. I define them as proponents of limited government, no welfare, personal choice, privacy, & property rights. I don't believe the Dems or Pubs are for those things?
"Switzerland is absolutely a nanny-state for junkies."
So is the USA, EU, Australia, etc. Look in the Yellow Pages - it's in there". Nothing new here.
"libertarians are on board with it"
I didn't see ANY reference to libertarians in the article. Can you cite a legitimate source article? I'd like to read it. Otherwise, you might as well be talking about zebras, & you'd be fundamentally wrong there, too.
Besides, the Dems & Pubs have supported "drug treatment" centers for years, so to single out the libertarians, who hold virtually no positions of power in the US or Switzerland, as somehow responsible is ludicrous.
OBTW, I'm an Independent, not a Libertarian. I do agree with most of their domestic platform, but their foreign policy platform seems to ignore iminent threats. If you read their platform(www.lp.org), they support PRIVATE treatment ONLY.