It’s important to distinguish Libertarians from Anarchists.

The primary difference is mbumive hypocrisy toward government. Anarchists believe in no government whatsoever. Libertarians believe in government with no taxes. Libertarians believe that the government has no role except to maintain a military to enforce only the business status quo. Atlas shrugged spoiler: This is doubly odd because Rand’s bizarre, parody socialist government that takes over at the end of Atlas Shrugged destroys itself with a military developed superweapon.

Libertarians are radically pro-business and believe in no regulation for business whatever. They would have been in love with the Bush administration’s policy towards Wall Street.

Anyone who wants a good laugh and a hearty WTF can read an extremely accurate and fair summary of Atlas Shrugged here: http://www.spudworks.com/article/66/2/