Pirates & Emperors

School-house rock, non-interventionist-style. I find one of the most difficult libertarian positions to defend is non-interventionist. It's hard to defend the idea of not coming to the aid of victims. Unfortunately good intentions in the minds of common people and in the minds of our leaders, turn out to be wrong, often disastrously so. Since WWII, the U.S. has supported, then rebuked a long line of tyrants. The philosophy of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" has led to supporting Saddam, the Mujahideen, the Shah of Iran, and many others. We supported fascists in order to fend off communists, and we ended up with fascists. Surprise surprise. Remember also that, while we bemoan the trouble they cause us, far worse is the trouble they perpetrated on their people, which we are responsible for, in part. Such consistent and glaring failures suggest something fundamentally wrong about our way of deciding foreign policy. Non-interventionism means that while we may not help others, we also do no harm, and so are innocent. Given the history of our foreign policy, I see no better options. Anyway, I think these sorts of videos are an excellent way to explain the libertarian view in a clear way to outsiders. Enjoy!