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{{DES | des = Political libertarianism is the libertarianism that we are exposed to through the media, a mass market astroturf libertarianism.  It has been a [[Plutocracy|plutocrat]]-funded effort since the 1930's and has been wildly successful in concentrating wealth since the 1980s.  It is about redistributing society's wealth to the rich and calling that just and moral.}}
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{{DES | des = Political libertarianism is the most important libertarianism because we are continually exposed to it through the media.  It is a mass market astroturf libertarianism.  It has been a [[Plutocracy|plutocratically]]-funded effort since the 1930's and has been wildly successful in concentrating wealth since the 1980s.  It is about redistributing society's wealth to the rich and calling that just and moral.}}
 
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Political libertarianism is the libertarianism that we are exposed to through the media, a mass market astroturf libertarianism.
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Political libertarianism is the libertarianism that we are continually 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 [[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:  
 
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:  
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Political libertarianism maintains a continual drumbeat of propaganda: attempting to inject [[Libertarian Propaganda Terms|libertarian ideas and terminology]] into almost every public issue while filtering out opposition, because repetition is the heart of propaganda.  A more complete description of this methodology is found in [[Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media]].  Political libertarianism is not the only plutocratic tool: much conservatism is similarly exploited, for example by the [[Heritage Foundation]] and most recently by the [[Tea Party]].
 
Political libertarianism maintains a continual drumbeat of propaganda: attempting to inject [[Libertarian Propaganda Terms|libertarian ideas and terminology]] into almost every public issue while filtering out opposition, because repetition is the heart of propaganda.  A more complete description of this methodology is found in [[Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media]].  Political libertarianism is not the only plutocratic tool: much conservatism is similarly exploited, for example by the [[Heritage Foundation]] and most recently by the [[Tea Party]].
 
Political libertarianism is why the Critiques Of Libertarianism site is so very large: propagandists attempt to shoehorn almost every issue and subject into libertarian ideology.
 
 
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