Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past.
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
Republicans campaign like Libertarians and govern like Democrats.
Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free.
The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.