This cartoon has it backwards, and I have a recent personal experience that demonstrates it:
A couple of months ago, my manager put a paring knife through her hand. After I got the bleeding under control, and managed to stop laughing at her, I determined that she definitely was going to need a stitch. I got my car, and drove her to the local government run walk-in clinic (we are in NS, Canada).
During the check-in process, it came up that because a stitch was required, she would have to pay up front and claim the expense at the end of the year. My manager did not have her wallet on her, and therefore no money. At this point I walked over (had been waiting discreetly to the side).
Me: Is there a problem?
Manager: I don't have my wallet and they won't see me without payment.
Me: <pulling out wallet> There is no problem.
To summarize: a Libertarian stepped up and helped her when the government refused to.
Originally shared by Alan Lovejoy #Statism vs. #Libertariansim
The meme is totally backwards: The state employee won't act without proper authorization, and proof of who you are and that you actually can't swim.
The libertarian lifeguard, since he agreed to be responsible, will help you immediately, since his agreement makes him responsible in a way no state employee could ever be (no state-granted immunity.)
The fallacy here is the notion that, because we don't want the state to do it, we don't want it happen at all:
“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all. We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain.” ~ Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
The meme is totally backwards: The state employee won't act without proper authorization, and proof of who you are and that you actually can't swim.
The libertarian lifeguard, since he agreed to be responsible, will help you immediately, since his agreement makes him responsible in a way no state employee could ever be (no state-granted immunity.)
The fallacy here is the notion that, because we don't want the state to do it, we don't want it happen at all:
“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all. We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain.” ~ Frédéric Bastiat, The Law