The Problem of the Libertarian Moocher

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-Peter Schiff

One of the scourges of our time. Ask any event organizer, and you’ll hear stories.

jaffi411

That has zero relevance to my question.
Mr. M

North says this is your least popular video ever?! It should be watched by all – mooching and libertarianism don’t mix.
Evgeny

No they can’t be libertarians.

Libertarians do understand that “nobody can force me to do anything” _implies_ that “I can’t force anybody to do what I want”.

This isn’t about just approval/disapproval. They do require free services.
This defect of psychology contradicts whole libertarian idea.

They don’t just unsatisfied customers as you want them to see. Everybody could be, unsatisfied customer. But they are absolutely different they are from the “occupy” movement, not from libertarian movement.
vox

A great experience of my life was handing over a mere 25 bucks when Ron Paul was launching his presidential campaign. It was at Webster Hall, NYC in April 2011. It was a blast to be support him with (maybe) 1000 like-minded folks.