Anything is funny if you purposefully misunderstand it badly enough. If you can't understand the difference between anarchists and libertarians (the author of this cartoon apparently does not), then you'd find this pretty funny. Then again, if you actually took 5 minutes out of your day to read up on libertarianism, rather than going on what the popular stereotype is, you'd find the comic rather imbecile.
"libertarians think that there’s no problem that can’t be solved by free-market competition"
Again, ignorance is bliss. So is mischaracterizing a position in order to dismiss it out of hand. What you said above is unequivocally untrue for every libertarian I've ever encountered.
Most libertarians (like Ron Paul) believe in LIMITED government, and agree that there are things (like national defense) that are better handled by the government. There are varying degrees of libertarians---some are closer to liberals/conservatives, some are closer to anarchists---and you'll see a range where, for example, some libertarians think that privatizing the roads would be a good idea, and others don't.
But to claim that libertarianism is "anti-government", when clearly, the vast majority of libertarians accept and embrace the constitution and bill of rights (both of which are formwork for a GOVERNMENT) is intellectually lazy and dishonest.
But, like I said, it's easy to just construct a straw man argument ("libertarians are anti-government just like anarchists!") in order to dismiss them as crackpots. Only problem is...it's not true, and you know it (or you're really, really ignorant).
"libertarians think that there’s no problem that can’t be solved by free-market competition"
Again, ignorance is bliss. So is mischaracterizing a position in order to dismiss it out of hand. What you said above is unequivocally untrue for every libertarian I've ever encountered.
Most libertarians (like Ron Paul) believe in LIMITED government, and agree that there are things (like national defense) that are better handled by the government. There are varying degrees of libertarians---some are closer to liberals/conservatives, some are closer to anarchists---and you'll see a range where, for example, some libertarians think that privatizing the roads would be a good idea, and others don't.
But to claim that libertarianism is "anti-government", when clearly, the vast majority of libertarians accept and embrace the constitution and bill of rights (both of which are formwork for a GOVERNMENT) is intellectually lazy and dishonest.
But, like I said, it's easy to just construct a straw man argument ("libertarians are anti-government just like anarchists!") in order to dismiss them as crackpots. Only problem is...it's not true, and you know it (or you're really, really ignorant).