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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 catalyzed 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.
 
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 catalyzed 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.
  
For more on this, see the [[Political libertarianism]] index.
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For more on this, see the [[Political Libertarianism]] index.
 
===[[Issues|Individualistic Libertarianism]]===
 
===[[Issues|Individualistic Libertarianism]]===
 
Individualistic libertarianism is what the targets of political libertarianism believe.  This is a huge morass of conflicting ideas with only one constant: the political libertarian idea that ownership should be sacred.  Ask a libertarian what part of ownership they would give up to achieve any other social end, and they will say no part.  It doesn't matter if some socialistic government (such as roads or defense) would benefit the lives of everybody; they despise it because it conflicts with their property, no matter how meager.
 
Individualistic libertarianism is what the targets of political libertarianism believe.  This is a huge morass of conflicting ideas with only one constant: the political libertarian idea that ownership should be sacred.  Ask a libertarian what part of ownership they would give up to achieve any other social end, and they will say no part.  It doesn't matter if some socialistic government (such as roads or defense) would benefit the lives of everybody; they despise it because it conflicts with their property, no matter how meager.

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