Difference between revisions of "Introduction To Libertarianism"
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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 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: | + | Political libertarianism, like the media, is part of the [[Class War|class war]] controlled top-down by [[plutocracy|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. | ||
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==Why Is Libertarianism Important?== | ==Why Is Libertarianism Important?== | ||
| − | For the same reason why Fascism is important: it is a noxious ideology that would lead to great repression and suffering. It is an ideology that would roll back the [[Progressivism|progressive]] and [[Social Democracy|social democratic]] policies that have diminished poverty and brought about the largest [[Middle Class|middle classes]] the world has ever known. It is an ideology that would diminish democracy. And because it is one of the major tools of plutocrats to justify and promote their plutocracy. | + | For the same reason why Fascism is important: it is a noxious ideology that would lead to great repression and suffering. It is an ideology that would roll back the [[Progressivism|progressive]] and [[Social Democracy|social democratic]] policies that have diminished poverty and brought about the largest [[Middle Class|middle classes]] the world has ever known. It is an ideology that would diminish democracy. And because it is one of the major tools of plutocrats to justify and promote their [[plutocracy]]. |
