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Individualistic libertarianism is bottom-up: it is not controlled directly by political libertarians beyond manipulation by propaganda.  These useful idiots can be relied upon to inject libertarian viewpoints into discussions that are not controlled by the mass media.  They are as welcome as door-to-door evangelists from another religion.
 
Individualistic libertarianism is bottom-up: it is not controlled directly by political libertarians beyond manipulation by propaganda.  These useful idiots can be relied upon to inject libertarian viewpoints into discussions that are not controlled by the mass media.  They are as welcome as door-to-door evangelists from another religion.
  
Individualistic libertarianism ranges from the honorable and sincere to the vile and repulsive, with stops along the way for the immature, foolish, and intemperate.  You've got your government haters, racists, sexists, pederasts, conspiracy theorists, tax evaders, exploiters and other socially repulsive types generously represented in this category.
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Individualistic libertarianism ranges from the honorable and sincere to the vile and repulsive, with stops along the way for the immature, foolish, and intemperate.  You've got your government haters, racists, sexists, pederasts, conspiracy theorists, tax evaders, exploiters and other socially repulsive types generously represented in this category.  Especially because they are rejected by mainstream parties for obnoxious views.  That's not entirely bad, as Noam Chomsky has observed: libertarians have great tolerance of diverse views as long as they denounce government and promote private property.
 
==Libertarian Philosophy==
 
==Libertarian Philosophy==
 
Libertarian philosophy is mostly corrupt: much of it is funded by plutocrats to provide ideas and materials for their public relations campaigns.  Hayek, for example, never held an academic position that wasn't funded by plutocrats.  (Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick are exceptions to this funding generalization.)
 
Libertarian philosophy is mostly corrupt: much of it is funded by plutocrats to provide ideas and materials for their public relations campaigns.  Hayek, for example, never held an academic position that wasn't funded by plutocrats.  (Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick are exceptions to this funding generalization.)

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