# Libertarianism: How can it truly make us free? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 7, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-how-can-it-truly-make-us-free/141177 "2002-12-07T19:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chumpsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chumpsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chumpsky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-how-can-it-truly-make-us-free/141177/41 "2002-12-09T05:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by js\_africanus \* > \*\*That’s sort of a non-answer. What _specific_ policies need to be undertaken? \*\* Here are a few things: 1. Immediate debt cancellation for every Latin American country. 2. Dismantle the IMF, World Bank and WTO. 3. Eliminate NAFTA, GATT, FTAA, and all of the other investor rights agreements. 4. Eliminate military support to all Latin American states. 5. Close down the School of the Americas (related to #4, but a bit different) ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-how-can-it-truly-make-us-free/141177/42 "2002-12-09T05:52:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by december \* > \*\*Allowing people the freedom to run our businesses as we please seems consistent with allowing us the freedom to say what we please, think what we please, pray as we please, associate as we please, publish what we please and vote as we please. \*\* The freedom to run your buisness as you please would be more similar to the freedom to run a goverment as you please. None of the other rights can coexist with the right to run a buisness however you see fit unless you see fit to include those rights. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-how-can-it-truly-make-us-free/141177.md?page=2)