Difference between revisions of "Diversity In Libertarianism"
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Libertarianism is like a shopping cart, full of different items. You've got libertines, gun loons, tax protesters, entrepreneurs, Austrians, Objectivists, anarcho-capitalists, Georgists, corporate shills... the list is extensive. | Libertarianism is like a shopping cart, full of different items. You've got libertines, gun loons, tax protesters, entrepreneurs, Austrians, Objectivists, anarcho-capitalists, Georgists, corporate shills... the list is extensive. | ||
| − | Libertarianism is united only by a rhetoric of liberty. Liberty is the central glittering generality of their propaganda. Liberty is vague enough to justify any atrocity. We routinely see libertarians living up to Barry Goldwater's "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." It's not even the same liberty to all of them. | + | Libertarianism is united only by a rhetoric of liberty. Liberty is the central [[Fallacies_Of_Philosophy#Glittering_Generalities_Of_Propaganda|glittering generality]] of their propaganda. Liberty is vague enough to justify any atrocity. We routinely see libertarians living up to Barry Goldwater's "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." It's not even the same liberty to all of them. |
It would be nice if there was a simple dismissal of libertarianism, but there are so many different kinds that no one argument could apply. | It would be nice if there was a simple dismissal of libertarianism, but there are so many different kinds that no one argument could apply. | ||
