I think this is the flaw in most Libertarian logic that is completely missed, because most Libertarians live in first-world countries.
They have this idea that they want to pay no taxes and only pay for what THEY use, and rely on their own hard work and brilliance to succeed. But of course, that ignores the facts that first-world countries have an entire subsystem that supports this (roads, police, laws, enforcement), which makes their success possible.
In reality, Galt's Gulch is running on the backs of local workers, who have access to everything in the community. What do you think will happen if the world was to collapse? That somehow the residents of the Gulch would blissfully go on about their lives in tranquil happiness, smug in their brilliance? Or would the local population, who outnumber them by the millions, are physically and mentally stronger than they are, and who run their precious ecosystem would simply take it from them?
They have this idea that they want to pay no taxes and only pay for what THEY use, and rely on their own hard work and brilliance to succeed. But of course, that ignores the facts that first-world countries have an entire subsystem that supports this (roads, police, laws, enforcement), which makes their success possible.
In reality, Galt's Gulch is running on the backs of local workers, who have access to everything in the community. What do you think will happen if the world was to collapse? That somehow the residents of the Gulch would blissfully go on about their lives in tranquil happiness, smug in their brilliance? Or would the local population, who outnumber them by the millions, are physically and mentally stronger than they are, and who run their precious ecosystem would simply take it from them?