Libertarianism And Business

Basic libertarianism, even if some non-theonomist libertarians fixate on this, is not about protecting corporations from government regulations.  It is about having a government that is no larger or more involved than it should be, as in having no unjust or unnecessary laws (and an unnecessary law is either unjust since it is not obligatory or would just parrot another law).  The mere existence of everything from small businesses to megacorporations is compatible with these tenets, but that neither means there are no laws relevant to business or that all forms of libertarianism are about preserving and enhancing corporate interests.

On the contrary, consistent libertarianism is only about not allowing a government to do the irrational deed of creating laws that deviate from reason and morality and thus exercising tyranny over a population.  Many laws would disappear that are now in place if America or many other nations became libertarian, especially Biblical theonomists, endorsing a worldview that partially entails libertarianism.  Some of these laws would have to do with business and some would not.

What would not change is that all of Mosaic Law (or other moral obligations if Christianity is false but moralistic theism is still true) would still be binding over all corporate figures, from the highest owners and executives to the front-facing workers.  There would be no workplace exploitation when it comes to compensation, deception, vengeance, or abuse of a verbal, physical, or sexual kind.  There would be no discrimination on the basis of gender, race, family descent, nationality, or age in accordance with how all people bear God's image.  All of this, while not primarily or strictly about business, is applicable there in a company of any size and any industry.

Christian libertarianism aside, which is a thoroughly Biblical doctrine, there is no link between actual, base libertarianism and allowing corporate corruption to flourish in the absence of government regulation.  Not only would some parts of Mosaic Law be very directly relevant to how businesses operate, but that is also simply not what the concept of libertarianism is about.  The nonexistence of many legal commands that people are used to, from arbitrary traffic laws to some impacting the business world, is not about letting anyone get away with evil.  It is about honoring freedom wherever there is no obligation and ensuring true, undiluted justice is imposed in alignment with reason and morality.