he's not soulless; he's just short-sighted. The fundamental flaw with ALL libertarians is that aside from their sense of larger alienation, they have a need for immediate (and usually monetary) return on any investment. Money is important, no doubt, but it's not the only currency that drives human social existence. The world is far, far more complex than simply the exchange of goods/services. Business is often a very poor metaphor for the social behaviors of humanity at large, but to the simple-minded, it seems quite convenient. (Alternatively: the Bible!) It's all the same need to simplify and reduce the frightening complexity of the world, rather than realize that world must be dealt with anew in each individual circumstance, and that the common rules always fluctuate from moment to moment.
That said, alienation leads to demands for short-term returns, because you feel that society will turn on you at any moment, depriving you of opportunity. Poor Libertarians: owned by Jung and Foucault years ago, and they still don't know it!
