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The idea of a "society of free individuals" sounds as great as "a classless society." Libertarianism and communism are unobtainable. Why? Man is flawed, and coercion is part of social structure. Those are the basic facts of humanity and his/her organization socially.
Not really. Libertarianism is preference for freedom. As such, it's posits no utopia and is as 'obtainable' as we want it to be. The strawman of portraying libertarians as anarchists, or starry-eyed idealists longing for utopia, is popular, but it's wrong. Nothing about a libertarian view requires people to be angels, or to significantly alter their values. Libertarians simply recognize the coercive nature of modern government and want to use it only when necessary.