I was recently on my Facebook page and saw that someone had taken one of those tests they have on Facebook, this particular one to see what political party you belonged in. The test indicated the Libertarian Party complete with the logo, etc. Then they had a definition of the Libertarian philosophy which was the following:
"You are a Libertarian. You believe the individual is only responsibility to his or herself. You believe competition is the only fair way to distribute resources, and that the free market is self-correcting. You do not believe in government or authority in any form, but you differ from anarchists in that you believe the individual is more important than the community, and that the former has no responsibility to the latter. You also believe property rights are fundamental to all other rights, and thus hold greater importance. You do not believe in any social or economic or social regulation, beyond what is minimally necessary to protect property rights.." Hello? I guess this is the kind of media bashing that we have to constantly fight against. It seems as though we are facing an uphill battle. I immediately explained how that definition was horribly inaccurate and slanted to make libertarians appear as non-caring, irresponsible people. but this apparently represents what Facebook thinks about us.
