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Political libertarianism is the libertarianism that we are exposed to through the media, a mass market astroturf libertarianism. | Political libertarianism is the libertarianism that we are exposed to through the media, a mass market astroturf libertarianism. | ||
| − | Political libertarianism, like the media, is controlled top-down by plutocrats and operated for the benefit of plutocrats. It is not about "[[liberty]]" or "[[freedom]]": it is about ownership. The plutocrats want to convince the populace that: | + | Political libertarianism, like the media, is part of the [[Class War|class war]] controlled top-down by plutocrats and operated for the benefit of plutocrats. It is not about "[[liberty]]" or "[[freedom]]": it is about ownership. The plutocrats want to convince the populace that: |
* Ownership of the vast majority of the world's wealth by plutocrats is legitimate and untouchable. | * Ownership of the vast majority of the world's wealth by plutocrats is legitimate and untouchable. | ||
* Changing that distribution will result in assorted horrors for everybody, including loss of liberty and freedom. | * Changing that distribution will result in assorted horrors for everybody, including loss of liberty and freedom. | ||
The plutocrats objective is political change to get more wealth and prevent losing any wealth to taxation or other liabilities. | The plutocrats objective is political change to get more wealth and prevent losing any wealth to taxation or other liabilities. | ||
| − | Political libertarianism is dominated by [[Public Relations|public relations]] programs that have been around since at least the 1930's, reacting to [[Progressivism]]. The [[Mount Pelerin Society]] in the 1950's began a great expansion of these programs. The [[Charles and David Koch|Koch brothers]] have largely organized or controlled | + | Political libertarianism is dominated by [[Public Relations|public relations]] programs that have been around since at least the 1930's, reacting to [[Progressivism]]. The [[Mount Pelerin Society]] in the 1950's began a great expansion of these programs. The [[Charles and David Koch|Koch brothers]] have largely organized or controlled the libertarian public relations programs, and they scored their first big successes in the 1980's under Reagan. Without the hundreds of millions of dollars pumped into public relations programs, right-wing political libertarianism would be just another fringe political belief as small as left-libertarianism. |
This is also called [[Vulgar Libertarianism|vulgar libertarianism]] by [[Kevin Carson]]. The message really is: “Them pore ole bosses need all the help they can get.” | This is also called [[Vulgar Libertarianism|vulgar libertarianism]] by [[Kevin Carson]]. The message really is: “Them pore ole bosses need all the help they can get.” | ||
