True. Modern youth does not seem to read or understand history. It is baffling to encounter these so-called libertarians who essentially advocate fascism and mercantile oligarchy as "freedom" and "voluntarism."

Once, the Medici merchant banks bought the Papacy, likely with Florentine treasury used as collateral to mobilize the funds. The terms "mercenary" and "mercantile" were derogatory insults for all of human history; only in these decadent times do people use it as some badge of honor. Libertarians would have us be ruled by Medicis, Fuggers, Sforzas, Rothchilds, etc. in their religious fanaticism of "free market" ideology.