Libertarianism is incompatible with the Faith

“Libertarianism” (we are told) “opposes plunder and violence.” No. Libertarianism opposes any exercise of state power. That’s what it’s about. It is, like all heretical impulses, the exaltation of a couple of Catholic ideas (the dignity of personal responsibility, the goodness of property, and the hostility to state exercises of lawless tyranny) swollen to madness [Read More...]