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I didn't say that libertarian is exactly the same as anarchism. But government regulations do protect people in some cases.
Things like the FDA are necessary, because a person has no way to test for himself that the food he eats is safe, and the drugs actually treat the diseases they're advertised for.
Imagine that your doctor tells you you need a heart pill. In a libertarian system where drug testing doesn't happen, it's a crapshoot. Maybe one brand of pill is 99.99% MSG and does absolutely nothing, and the next brand is poorly manufactured so taking one pill could mean anything from 1/4 to 4x the recommended dose. Nothing could go wrong there, let alone if your pills are made in a filthy factory. Maybe the pill doesn't even really do anything, it's snake oil. How do you tell the good from the bad? It would take not only a medical degree, but a lot of chemistry knowledge to keep from getting scammed and possibly dying if some guy decides to make pills at a lower standard.
That's the trouble with libertarianism in a nutshell, we live in a complex society, and we simply cannot protect ourselves from scams and fraud. Especially in cases where we lack the knowledge or the ability to check for ourselves.