Difference between revisions of "Libertarian (propaganda sense)"
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{{DES | des = This word was stolen from the anarchists, and its meaning changed to the current sense.}} | {{DES | des = This word was stolen from the anarchists, and its meaning changed to the current sense.}} | ||
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| + | I've seen (in Wikipedia?) that Rose Wilder Lane or Isabelle Paterson was the first to use the term libertarian for this rightest meaning. | ||
Here is a suggestion: Let those of us who love liberty trade-mark and reserve for our own use the good and honorable word “libertarian.” | Here is a suggestion: Let those of us who love liberty trade-mark and reserve for our own use the good and honorable word “libertarian.” | ||
Dean Russell, | Dean Russell, | ||
[http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/who-is-a-libertarian/ Who Is A Libertarian?] | [http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/who-is-a-libertarian/ Who Is A Libertarian?] | ||
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| + | The propaganda sense of libertarian and libertarianism is now the dominant usage in the USA (unlike the rest of the world.) This web site will not waste effort attempting to change that usage. | ||
