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I’m a libertarian and I believe in a “night watchmen state” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-watchman_state

Not all libertarians are anarchists, that is a faction but not the majority IMO.

I would overhaul the law enforcement apparatus in my ideal society. But their current existence would not prevent me from providing information to them and asking for assistance if the reason was justified.

People calling Peter Thiel a hypocrite are wrong.

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And those whatchmen, you think they are more "justice league" or "the boyz"?

Because history has proven our people in power seldom demonstrate benevolence nor competence to solve the average citizens problems.

I cannot solve the problem of nuclear weapons without a formal state with a military, and war in general. So we can argue about how best to organize it but the state must exist and is legitimate IMO.

Agreed but that is a very shallow set of requirements compared to what we have now

Government always serves the ruling class. The point of libertarianism is to eliminate the abuse of government so the capabilities of the individual can progress freely. Libertarian ideology assumes government to have a worse case scenario impact. Blissful ignorance of an over-watch is not worse case.

Palantir is like the dream tool for an authoritarian police state.

LOL look at the name of it. It's a wizard stone from Lord of the Rings. Plays wizard and king in castle. This has to be to mock us.

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