Difference between revisions of "Introduction To Libertarianism"
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Libertarianism is a cacaphony of political ideas united only by a rhetoric of [[liberty]] and [[freedom]]. On this website, libertarianism refers only to the right-wing, capitalist versions. At this point, libertarian ideas have entered the mainstream media and are unavoidable. Some further description of the cacophony is available at [[What Is Libertarianism?]] | Libertarianism is a cacaphony of political ideas united only by a rhetoric of [[liberty]] and [[freedom]]. On this website, libertarianism refers only to the right-wing, capitalist versions. At this point, libertarian ideas have entered the mainstream media and are unavoidable. Some further description of the cacophony is available at [[What Is Libertarianism?]] | ||
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| + | At the core of libertarianism is [[Crony Capitalism|crony capitalism]], embodied by the Kochs and some other oligarchs. This gives it the support of the wealthy and the major corporations. It is dressed up with [[Wall Street, Corporatists, Neoliberals And Plutocrats|neoliberalism]] to justify exploitation and to attract right-wing intellectual support. It includes assorted popular pseudophilosophy about liberty (including racism) to attact the useful idiots and distract from the crony capitalism, but this pseudophilosophy ALWAYS takes second place to concentration of wealth by capitalists. | ||
==What Libertarianism Is NOT Considered On This Website?== | ==What Libertarianism Is NOT Considered On This Website?== | ||
