I believe you look for simple black / white solutions and situations when in fact there are very few true black / white things in our world.
The essence of libertarianism is the objective of obtaining the best practical options that can be had. Note the word “practical”.
Then there is the absolute belief that everyone owns his own life and his own property, and has the right to make their own choices, provided that in so doing they take account that so do others.
Some Pagans have a saying, “And it harm non, do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law”.
(The Great Beast went on to ask “And what is Law” before answering his own question with “Law is love, love under the law”. I’ve always wondered just what “certain substances” he obviously spent so much time “on!)
That does not mean that you just sit back and let someone come in and kick you around because it is what THEY want as in so doing they are breaking The Law.
What it means is that so long as you don’t screw with me then I won’t screw with you, but if you DO screw with me to further your position at a cost to me, then it’s my right to look after my own up to the point that I’m not costing you for my unfair advantage.
That being so the reply to your not hard but actually rather facile questions become clear.
What if a free society needed to draft its citizens in order to remain free?
Then it must happen as to not do so and comply with the requirement would harm other Libertarians who subscribe to the beliefs.
What if it needed to limit oil imports to protect the economic freedom of its citizens from unfriendly foreigners?
Similar to the answer above. If by not doing would cause harm on people living in a libertarian society then is would be a thing that as a supporter of Libertarianism you would want to do.
What if it needed to force its citizens to become sufficiently educated to sustain a free society?
See above.
What if it needed to deprive landowners of the freedom to refuse to sell their property as a precondition for giving everyone freedom of movement on highways?
See above.
What if it needed to deprive citizens of the freedom to import cheap foreign labor in order to keep out poor foreigners who would vote for socialistic wealth redistribution?
See above.
In reality true dyed in the wool Libertarianism, like any undiluted political ideology, would be a crock. Nothing would happen or there would be wall to wall fascism.
Where the going gets good is where libertarianism is adopted as a dimension to be included to the extent that it is practical within the many dimensions that make up any political bloc.
The trick is getting the best mix for the most people!
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