Wars cannot be fought successfully by libertarians. They demand collective effort, shared sacrifice, strategies for deploying scarce economic resources and collaboration with allies. All are anathema to a libertarian like the prime minister, Liz Truss.
State initiative inviting collective effort and sacrifice is off-limits as “nannying”. Demands on the better-off and on companies enjoying extreme windfall profits to share their proper burden are vetoed as coercive and confiscatory. Even working with the foreign “other” is regarded with suspicion as a constraint on sovereignty. Put not your trust in libertarians – especially in war.
