Well, a divided Europe is good for the US politically.

LOL. Finally, European "soft power" is showing itself to be useless. We Americans know what's best. Hard power baby!

Loss of Equality of Opportunity:

1. Government drives the cost of post-secondary education up.
2. Government imposes obscure laws to make anyone doing business a criminal, and selectively enforces them.
3. Government imposes artificial barriers to entry behind the facade of "consumer protection." In actuality, they are unnecessary requirements that only large companies can afford, and unjustly burden small businesses. In such cases, the flow of information is sufficient to protect consumers.
4. Companies collude and bribe government officials for favorable business deals, and engage in other rent seeking behavior.

Equality of economic opportunity? Nonsense!

Flint,

You are confused. You do not understand libertarianism, nor do you understand Kemp. Instead, you are attacking a strawman.

LOL. Well, most Catholics aren't really Catholic anyway. They'd probably just continue life as usual.

That's interesting. Either way, the Pope can't stop an American army from sacking Rome.

Better than Russian spies? Maybe. I was talking about US spies.

We have the state to punish criminals. I think you're confusing Libertarianism and Anarchism. Disagreements Libertarians have with Conservatives include:

1. A lot fewer behaviors should be considered criminal.
2. The free market knows best
3. The state should intervene in foreign affairs a lot less.

These commentaries illustrate just how stupid most conservatives actually are.

Moral busy bodies...

I'm all for bombs.

President: Greetings Pope Benedict.
Pope Benedict: Greetings, Mr. President. What have you to discuss with me today?
President: I decided to ease some of our tensions. I have a big present for you. Is that okay?
Pope Benedict: I love presents. I look forward to meeting you.

*** BOOM ***

News: American precision bombs have leveled the Vatican to the ground, with no collateral damage in Rome. In the chaos, the US President claims it's his right to appoint the new pope, which he already has. The new pope is reportedly a liberal professor at Notre Dam University.

I think it should be shut down. However, the only way to shut it down is to go Basil II style. Sadly, Obama is a wuss.

Edit: Basil II was a Byzantine Emperor who brought Bulgaria under his rule. He gouged out the eyes of every 99/100 Bulgars he captured. The 100th man had one eye to lead them back home. He knew how to deal with barbarians who loved to raid his territories. He turned them in to a liability. Imagine, those jihadists won't challenge America if their fate is to become useless members of society dependent on their women. lol.

By the way:

LP,

Pakistan is an example of a country driven by ideology. I'm dead serious, their foreign policy can be described as "Keeping those Hindus out of Afghanistan, and maintaining an arms race with India to prevent those Hindus from killing us." They take our foreign aid and build nukes with it. LOL.

See the danger?

Kemp,

I think stability has more to do with the dictator's ability to buy loyalty. In countries rich in natural resources, dictators can easily buy the loyalty of relevant power players. But in countries like Afghanistan, it's difficult for a single individual to maintain a monopoly of political power.

My opinion is that the only thing politicians care about is political survival. Democracy differs from other governments because it has a large ruling coalition and selectorate. Since democratic governments are accountable for around 20% of the population, they tend to favor the rule of law, due process, freedom of association, relaxed business restrictions, and leaders can't get away with as much. When leaders go too far, members of the ruling coalition will defect because of too many anxious parties.

This state of affairs evolves from free markets. Free markets broadly distribute resources, which also broadly distributes power. This is why Western democracies differ from "forced" illiberal democracies, because forcing systemic change does nothing to change the distribution of resources, which favor an authoritarian political system.