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== A Catspaw For Corporations ==
 
== A Catspaw For Corporations ==
A great deal of libertarian literature is written by corporate hirelings. Sure they can throw in the occasional socially liberal complaint about warmongering to genuflect towards the purported ideology, but they do NOT bite the corporate hand that feeds them. Otherwise they'd be pointing out that corporations are government creations of special privilege, and asking that they be abolished the way they ask that public schools be abolished.  And those authors would be looking for new jobs, as we've seen so often from think-tanks.  Professional libertarians tend to be reliant on the corporate right-wing welfare employment of think-tanks, lobbying and astroturf organizations.
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A great deal of libertarian literature is written by corporate hirelings. Sure they can throw in the occasional socially liberal complaint about warmongering to genuflect towards the purported ideology, but they do NOT bite the corporate hand that feeds them. Otherwise they'd be pointing out that corporations are government creations of special privilege, and asking that they be abolished the way they ask that public schools be abolished.  And those authors would be looking for new jobs, as we've seen so often from think-tanks.  Professional libertarians tend to be reliant on right-wing welfare: corporate-funded employment by think-tanks, lobbying and astroturf organizations.
  
 
The liberty these corporate hirelings write of is generally the liberty desired by corporations, not the liberty desired by ordinary people.  Hence we see propaganda such as the "Index of Economic Freedoms".
 
The liberty these corporate hirelings write of is generally the liberty desired by corporations, not the liberty desired by ordinary people.  Hence we see propaganda such as the "Index of Economic Freedoms".

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