LC, how does a Libertarian government accomplish responsibility of the masses? (copied from the link):
1. Criminal laws should be limited to violation of the rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm. Individuals retain the right to voluntarily assume risk of harm to themselves. We support restitution of the victim to the fullest degree possible at the expense of the criminal or the negligent wrongdoer.
2.The only legitimate use of force is in defense of individual rights — life, liberty, and justly acquired property — against aggression. This right inheres in the individual, who may agree to be aided by any other individual or group. We affirm the right to keep and bear arms, and oppose the prosecution of individuals for exercising their rights of self-defense.
3. The protection of individual rights is the only proper purpose of government. Government is constitutionally limited so as to prevent the infringement of individual rights by the government itself.
I think in the Libertarian movement is the call for a going back to the origins of the republic that originated from the Revolutionary fathers and the constitution. It is strictly a constitutional government. In other words, "give me liberty". We have historically always been in a conflict between a Libertarian government and Merchantilism. Even though we fought a war against merchantilism, the merchantilist won, especially beginning with Lincoln. In merchantilism, the government is the center of control, not the people, not free markets. That is the "why" of the stimulus and the artificial monetary manipulation.