Argumentative Essay On Libertarianism

Theft to most people means the confiscation of someone else’s property without permission, but to the Libertarian society it has a very different meaning. Libertarians regard theft as forced coercion to pay for things that do not protect libertarian’s fundamental rights. According to the third lecture, the states primarily and only role is to protect the rights of individuals and among the rights they have is property. The states main and really only goal is to protect citizens from being victims of having their property taken away from them or known as theft by the libertarian society.
Taxation is just one concept that protects libertarian’s basic rights. The fourth lecture says “ You’re not asked would you like to contribute to the general …show more content…
The fourth lecture also states “The lack of a bridge is not a rights violation so building of a bridge is forcibly taking a persons money against their will and using it to build a bridge. This is called theft.” This is considered theft when taxation for a police system is not because the Bridge isn’t going to protect our rights or us as an individual. It does not pertain to protecting person’s basic or individual rights like a police officer does. It’s important to recognize that not all taxation is theft, but if the taxation is done towards an organization or item that does not protect basic rights, then a libertarian will recognize it as theft.
Theft also occurs in another specific instance as mentioned in the fourth lecture. Libertarians wants the individual rights of each person to be protected, but something it is believed that it’s not the states job to force libertarians to be taxed to help the less fortunate. The fourth lecture says that taxes that go towards material support for the poorer people should not be on the libertarians. The libertarian’s stance on government is that its role is not to force us into promoting the well being of other people. Libertarians also know this as another form of