Cygnus:

What could be more important than the long-term prosperity of the nation state? Address my point about pure libertarianism resulting in wealthy people being run over by an army from a dictatorship. Dictators are opportunists. Military spending is socialism - it is socializing the costs. Are you in favour of each man for himself. If the US adopted that policy, even the Canadian army would have you begging for mercy within a few decades. Where are your "constitutionally-enshrined" rights then?