The billionaire Koch brothers' war against Obama : The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all
The Libertarian Party platform called for the abolition of the F.B.I. and the C.I.A., as well as of federal regulatory agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Energy. The Party wanted to end Social Security, minimum-wage laws, gun control, and all personal and corporate income taxes; it proposed the legalization of prostitution, recreational drugs, and suicide. Government should be reduced to only one function: the protection of individual rights. William F. Buckley, Jr., a more traditional conservative, called the movement "Anarcho-Totalitarianism."
(re: the libertarian party of the 70s & 80s. Beyond wild west. What is the point of a civilization? It seems that their answer might be: "to brutally extract coveted goods and services (or anything valued) from one another by any means available or necessary. Anyone who disapproves can take consolation in the knowledge that suicide is a viable option." It's pretty far from my dream of a decent world.)
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