> The Highway Interstate system was driven mainly by defense needs.
Driven, maybe, but that's not how it's used.
The Internet itself was developed mainly for defense needs too, but now people see it as a rallying point for world citizenry, human rights, etc.
Is that what we'd have to hope for with libertarianism, that enough "defense needs" pop up to allow for adequate public goods to still be created and later be mis-used for a purpose, for which it'd never have been initially funded at all?
Driven, maybe, but that's not how it's used.
The Internet itself was developed mainly for defense needs too, but now people see it as a rallying point for world citizenry, human rights, etc.
Is that what we'd have to hope for with libertarianism, that enough "defense needs" pop up to allow for adequate public goods to still be created and later be mis-used for a purpose, for which it'd never have been initially funded at all?