Covid Was a Praxeological Test. Too Many Libertarians Failed.

Tags: Big Government, Bureaucracy and Regulation, Libertarianism, The Police State

09/24/2026 Lucas Peters

No, covid was not the exception to the rule that liberty comes first. Just because the CDC insisted we give up our freedom for what turned out to be a false security did not justify the government’s heavy-handed approach, something that libertarians should have understood all along.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/covid-was-praxeological-test-too-many-libertarians-failed

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