How would a libertarian society cope with a pandemic?

[rudy gestede]

Surely this is one situation that really doesn’t lend itself to that political view?

How do you enforce social isolation? How do you survive without social welfare in place for people who can’t earn? How do you increase the capacity of a country’s health care when you can’t comindere private health facilities and other areas?

[Tuerto]

Surely this is one situation that really doesn’t lend itself to that political view?

How do you enforce social isolation? How do you survive without social welfare in place for people who can’t earn? How do you increase the capacity of a country’s health care when you can’t comindere private health facilities and other areas?

Laissez Faire. Let the weak die and the wealthy prosper.

[Croesy Blue]

Laissez Faire. Let the weak die and the wealthy prosper.

Ah is that Organ Morgan's political leaning then? No wonder the boards resident libertarians are in such a tizz and changing their opinions every 2 minutes on the coronavirus

[rudy gestede]

Exactly it couldn’t

[Elwood Blues]

Exactly it couldn’t

Ah but what if you are a libertarian socialist?

[Jeff Mansfield]

Surely this is one situation that really doesn’t lend itself to that political view?

How do you enforce social isolation? How do you survive without social welfare in place for people who can’t earn? How do you increase the capacity of a country’s health care when you can’t comindere private health facilities and other areas?

I don't know, but here's one take from the Telegraph, a restricted article so if you're a subscriber you can read it all, otherwise there's enough in the first few paragraphs to get an idea of how he might answer this.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...ar-hypocrites/

[Pearcey3]

It wouldn’t cope. In times of crisis you need the state.