Libertarianism is a joke.

It's the 21st century version of laissez-faire. Instead of the government raping our asses, it's the corporations. I'd rather have some form of regulation in capitalism than none. Notice how the areas that resembles libertarianism politics the most are the areas that are leeching federal money and relies heavily on manufacturing jobs. Way to take care of your population.

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Except when a business does something unethical, its just business, when a government employee does something unethical, we can throw them out for committing the CRIME of fucking around in a  public office.
Sorry, the privilege of being able to pass legal sanctions against the offending party is much preferred than "vote with your wallet, lol".  How many successful boycotts have ever happened that have enforced change? Please, list them, the scarcity of them is a telltale sign of the weakness of the public to punish private interests for behaving unethically.

Count the number of business heads and CEOs that have been "reprimanded" by their consumers, and compare that to the scrutiny politicians recieve.

Of course, the lolbertarians will say "well thats because the public is dumb", which allows you to position them squarely with the corporate interests, and all their altruistic FREEDOM facade falls away.

Libertarians claim about all the "self-correction" of the market, but they either are ignorant, or simply ignore that many of the magical counter-balances don't exist in our society.

In order for a libertarian system to work, you need:
A very well educated and informed populace (Some people think Barak Obama is a terrorist)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvtFaPslA_o
An objective, and honest press (COUGH FOX NEWS, This is a particularly interesting one, as purchases don't pay the bills for broadcasting the news, advertisement does, and how is the press to be objective when they stay in business saying good things about the companies that keep them on the air?)
A consumer populace that changes their buying habits in response to news events (How many studies tell people to stop smoking, lose weight, stop eating at McDonalds, etc, and they continue doing so?)

One thing I can argue about liberals, is that they have a much wider demographic through racial, income, and religious boundaries, and their support for the state and higher taxation, seems to be derived from an altruistic viewpoint.  You can't say the same about Libertarians.