The Primary difference between Liberals and Libertarians

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Both believe in as much personal freedom as possible.

Only the libertarians have an equal belief in personal responcibility. Liberals have a constant tendency toward outside social and political causes for almost any behavior and try to shape that behavior to their agenda while playing lip service to free will concepts.

Both believe that power corrupts.

Only the liberal believes "they" have some special immunity while in public service. The libertarian knows this is a problem of the total human condition and therefore power should be limited and divided as much as possible in all human affairs. Liberals want as much centralized power they can get as long as "like minded" people have that power. Their academics still hold fantasies that Communism could work if only it were tried by the right kind of people! Libertarians know that any political system must work for human nature as it is, not fantasies about selfless human societies. They also understand that in a free market system our selfish tendencies can work to the advantage of most if not all people.