Simplistic Arguments from Non-Libertarians.

Here's one of the problems: While libertarians are asked to provide a start-to-finsih explanation of how their system based on freedom will work, and be able to answer any and all objections, non-libertarians simply have to state "the government will fix it" and that's considered sufficient.

I often engage in such discussions with people. Their thought process is as follows:

1. Problem identification
2. Government needs to spend money to solve this problem
3. Problem solved.

This isn't just people who don't know much about the system who talk like this. I listen to open line shows sometimes and you'll get high-paid executives from various industries or agencies who will use the exact same logic, never going any deeper in their analysis.

They are very good at talking about why their issue is of utmost important, but there is absolutely no creativity in solving it.

Now, #2: Government needs to spend money to solve this problem is often replaced with "government needs to regulate this more". It's always one of the two. Either more regulation or more money. That's it. You present me any problem and I can use this logic to solve it.

Problem: Roads are insufficient
Solution: more gov. money on roads

Problem: Not enough day cares
Solution: More government day cares

Problem: workers don't get enough money
Solution: Legislate higher wages.

Wow, what an easy job. The crazy part is that most people don't believe other solutions even exist. If I were to ask these advocates what the next best solution would be, they would draw a total blank.

And the other thing is people who don't advocate government involvement seem to be required to explain, in detail, how everything will work perfectly.

Oh, and to top it off, they aren't judged against the real world results the government is currently getting. They are judged against utopia. So we must perfectly explain, in detail, how we will achieve utopia, while the statists get away with simple rewording the problem as a solution.

The failures of government are forgiven but any failure in the private sector is harshly condemned. Usually the reasoning is something like "well, yes the government program failed, but they tried their best." but "yes the private sector failed, because they are greedy and only care about profit."

So that's what we're up against.