Libertarianism and white privilege.

     In many political conversations, I often encounter people who say "Live and let live. I'm Libertarian. We don't need government involvement in our day-to-day life." Well, that's fine to think you don't need surveillance and a jack-boot up your ass, but conflating that with having a government is disingenuous and deluding. Let's take a look at a quote from political activist/punk icon Jello Biafra:
     "I am an anarchist in my personal life. I try to live my life in a way that I don't need cops or baby-sitters to keep me from infringing on others. But I don't feel we have evolved far enough as a species to make anarchy work in society itself. We still need government to transfer the wealth from those who have too much to those who have too little, to make sure important projects get done, and keep territorial humans from screwing over and killing each other."
     From an intellectual standpoint, Libertarianism seems antithetical to our evolutionary ancestry. As I've said before, we've evolved from a long line of social pack creatures. Therefore, it is in our nature to look out for the group/tribe with the same importance as we would look out for the self. Nurturing the group allows the group to provide a firm foundation for the individual; a firm foundation allows the individual to grow into their natural role that benefits the group.     Libertarianism is this quaint idea where the rugged individual works hard and achieves nothing less than their natural proclivities. On paper, that's nice. It's cute. But, believing in this requires the infamous idea of white privilege. Only a short-sighted person who doesn't belong to any group that has needed "government interference" to assure their fair shake in America would believe in this type of society. The evidence of this can be seen in the fact that blacks, women, and the LGBT have had to fight tooth-and-nail for property rights, marital rights, and voting rights, whereas white straight males have never really had to; and look who the overwhelming majority of Libertarians are - white straight males.     As a gamer and fan of the series Borderlands, I can't help but think of Libertarianism as the basis for the setting of those games. It takes place on the planet Pandora; it is a world run by a handful of corporations, with a pay-for-play healthcare system, no government, and crazed yahoos running around carrying heavier and heavier weapons.