I personally put together a list of over thirty different organizations that were involved in both the tobacco and AGW disinformation campaigns — and although I haven't checked yet, I suspect that one could easily identify ties to
Libertarianism in all but say five of the organizations.
I know libertarians come in many flavors, and perhaps it was unjust to associate Larouche with
libertarianism in general.
You may not like my answer, but the answer to your question is that
libertarianism in its pure form, is a lie.
The term «Libertarian» is fuzzy, and the ones that find the GOP appealing are merely adhering to one definition of
libertarianism in the US and don't represent all libertarians.
Anyway, Piers Morgan is the ultimate charlatan; even in politics, he is a vile non-progressive liberal without a single ounce of
libertarianism in him; he also has no clue how Wengerball proceeds with 4 -2-3-1 versus 5 -4-1 when Monreal, Flamini, and Vermaelen are brought in to protect a result for Cazorla, Wilshere, and Ozil.
From Paula: Ron Paul, the poster child of
Libertarianism in the current election cycle is also deeply influenced by Ayn Rand.
That Lindsey is not able to find common cause with best successes of
libertarianism in the national arena suggests that Cato is probably wise to want to distance its brand from Lindsey's liberaltarianism, if that is in fact what it is doing.
Not exact matches
Mr. Thiel has long stood out
in Silicon Valley for his vocal
libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.
He's not just
in the oft - ridiculed Peter Thiel camp of
libertarianism that advocates young people forego college
in order to seek life experiences.
The assumptions of cutthroat
libertarianism were so embedded
in the worldview of these lucky newcomers that they spoke as though the victims of tech - fueled displacement and gentrification had chosen to live
in poverty and squalor, just as they themselves chose to learn to code, chose a management - track job at a major corporation, and chose to set themselves up for a comfortable upper - middle - class suburban life.
In one sense this is ironic: Part of the bitcoin ethos is its
libertarianism, and some of that raffish libertarian charm will be lost if bitcoin transactions are regulated much more strictly than dollar transactions.
But
in another sense it's a perfect fit, because another part of the bitcoin ethos — and one closely linked to its
libertarianism — is a fondness for hard money.
In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short articl
In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash
in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short articl
in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest
in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short articl
in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho -
libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated
in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short articl
in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people
in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short articl
in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers
in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short articl
in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part
in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short articl
in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold
in the short articl
in the short article.
«They could co-exist,» said Miron, an expert
in the economics of
libertarianism.
I'm sticking with my analysis — which is basically Obama combined conservatism
in the precise sense when it came to defense of entitlements with progressive
libertarianism on the so - called social issues.
The ritualizationings of much bettered looneyliancies
in the reprobations of
libertarianisms will ever stir the cauldrens of wittiness regards.
The old alliance between sensible
LIBERTARIANISM and SOCIAL CONSERVATISM can't hold
in the face of the vanishing middle class, the birth dearth combined with increasing longevity, the depoliticizing challenges of the 21st competitive marketplace, the irresponsibility of our techno - meritocracy, our inability to keep Locke
in the Locke box on issues having to do with families and our erotic lives, and the connection between increasing individualism and growing dependency on the state summed up
in the phrase «single mom.»
A good many of the new faces
in Washington will have been supported by the Tea Party movement, and a good number of these are committed to the worldview and political philosophy of
libertarianism.
As John Milbank and Adrian Pabst put it
in their new book The Politics of Virtue, contemporary political culture is the product of a convergence of two strains of liberalism: a leftist cultural
libertarianism that took off during the 1960s and 1970s, and a rightwing free - market liberalism that reached its apogee with the Reagan - Thatcher alliance.
The result, as Pierre Manent and others have observed, is a paradoxical coincidence of absolutism and
libertarianism, indeed an absolutism that grows
in proportion to the increase
in liberty.
«Conservatism,» unlike liberalism and
libertarianism, maintains that the state may, and indeed must
in some respects, aim at shaping the moral character of its citizens.
If «liberal» periods
in our history are the security - based exceptions to the rule of a skeptical
libertarianism, the exception is perhaps the rule if security concerns are a constant
in American life.
This sort of moralistic, communitarian conservatism, an important and growing force
in American politics, is often at odds with the
libertarianism that Brands calls conservative.
I'm just saying that his «libertarian worldview» may not share much
in common with the «progressive
libertarianism» of our bourgoeis bohemians or even our Straussians....
In asking such a question, he offered us a perspective that cuts against both the statist liberalism that is now in power and the anti-statist libertarianism that asserts itself as statism's only principled alternativ
In asking such a question, he offered us a perspective that cuts against both the statist liberalism that is now
in power and the anti-statist libertarianism that asserts itself as statism's only principled alternativ
in power and the anti-statist
libertarianism that asserts itself as statism's only principled alternative.
Extreme
libertarianism brings out the thoughtful moderation
in our Porcher friend.
We can also learn much from Tocqueville or Manent or Beneton about the excesses of our individualism, about our inability to keep Locke
in the Locke box, about the horror that is Roe v. Wade and the mean womyn side of our feminism, and about the more narcissistic and laughably risk - averse elements of our creeping and sometimes creepy
libertarianism.
Here's my question: does
Libertarianism offer a plan for the Least of These that doesn't require a complete change
in human nature?
Church affiliation and
libertarianism seem to be inversely proportional
in America.
Does the thinking of Ayn Rand go hand
in hand with your understanding of
Libertarianism?
She expounded her philosophy, which she called objectivism,
in nonfiction works and as editor of two journals and became an icon of radical
libertarianism.»
I think the philosophies of Christianity and
Libertarianism are VERY compatible and can be summed up
in the verse «Do onto others as you would have them do to you»
Murphy concludes that «Whitehead attributes freedom of
libertarianism to some actual entities and he is therefore justified
in maintaining that such actual entities are morally responsible for their actions» (PMR 134).
But something rotten happened between the Clintonian «passing of the torch» and the swearing -
in of model family man Barack Obama: the Bush GOP revealed that apparently the forces of cultural
libertarianism could only be held at bay
in an avalanche of bad government.
She might perhaps equally be called a co-foundress of that Secular Fundamentalism and moral
libertarianism that is fast becoming the new state religion
in modern Britain.
I border upon
libertarianism, but recognize that there is a need for state authority
in certain situations.
They may well be strongly motivated by ideological commitment to
libertarianism (the political philosophy which prioritises individuals excitingly pursuing their self - interest) and faith
in the powers of new transformative technologies as well as
in the few genius individual entrepreneurs who will lead us into a new kind of post-bureaucratic and post-state society.
In particular, it displays a similar kind of mix of conservatism, liberalism and libertarianism that we find in the Conservative part
In particular, it displays a similar kind of mix of conservatism, liberalism and
libertarianism that we find
in the Conservative part
in the Conservative party.
It is probably fair to say that
libertarianism is a term less familiar to British political culture than to that of the United States, but British conservatives (including members of the Conservative party) often like to claim the mantle of liberalism and individual liberty, usually relating these ideas to the promotion of free enterprise, reduced state intervention
in the economy and individual responsibility.
About
libertarianism being a strain of conservatism, well, it's debatable (I'm not saying it's false, just that's not consensual)... since libertarian transhumanists are not so uncommon, I didn't consider then
in my question as a possible answer.
Libertarianism (especially
in the United States) is the idea that a government should be concerned about protecting the rights of an individual from abuse by other individuals (or government) but the range of individual agreements is set by the two individuals (i.e. there is a contract between two individuals that includes a morally offensive act.
For one thing, what we call «
libertarianism»
in USA today was originally called «classical liberalism» - and AFAIK is still called that
in Europe (don't tell any of the modern liberals
in America who get allergic reaction from a mention of Mises or Ayn Rand:) If you mean «modern...
In terms of proving progressive credentials to the Left my guess is that the Conservative leadership would also point to the party's acceptance of homosexual rights, efforts to promote women and ethnic minority candidates and the significant emphasis that the party has placed on civil
libertarianism and combating climate change.
The party they are has hardened
in their
Libertarianism.
And since,
in my experience, libertarians tend to be liberals I find myself wondering if UKIP's self - defined
libertarianism is actually all that libertarian.
«Liberal»
in USA has several meanings, mainly, either (1) «classical liberal» (which
in USA is typically branded as «
libertarianism» - although it's still called plain «liberalism»
in Europe where the term originated); and, wholly independently, (2) «political liberal» - which is a self - made late 20th century [1] rebrand of what used to be called «progressive» (and can be loosely branded «left wing» at times, but personally I absolutely abhore single - axis left / right positioning) position.
It appears to be central to the revival of Manchester School politics
in the United States under the name «
libertarianism.»
Both interventions strike me as knee - jerk
libertarianism and they ignore the important role that law plays
in setting the rules of the free market game.
«He's well - grounded
in libertarianism.
I also didn't vote for Nick Clegg
in the leadership election, gave him the benefit of the doubt but his bullish behaviour
in not stepping down after a series of dire election results and sanctioning orange bookers
libertarianism means to me he must go and asap.