Difference between revisions of "What Is Libertarianism?"
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They have attempted (quite successfully) to subvert the language, to pack propaganda into textbooks and academic publications, to subvert science (smoking, pollution and global warming) with enormous [[denialist]] campaigns, to create intellectual shock troops to disperse their propaganda, to stack the legal system with specially trained judges, to direct politicians with think-tank plans and offers of revolving-door employment, and a host of other activities. | They have attempted (quite successfully) to subvert the language, to pack propaganda into textbooks and academic publications, to subvert science (smoking, pollution and global warming) with enormous [[denialist]] campaigns, to create intellectual shock troops to disperse their propaganda, to stack the legal system with specially trained judges, to direct politicians with think-tank plans and offers of revolving-door employment, and a host of other activities. | ||
− | This coordinated effort channels the numerous variants of libertarianism to serve the political face of libertarianism, the Koch-controlled maze of fronts and organizations (the "Kochtopus".) | + | This coordinated effort channels the numerous variants of libertarianism to serve the political face of libertarianism, the [[Koch]]-controlled maze of fronts and organizations (the "[[Kochtopus]]".) |
Because "he who pays the piper calls the tunes", the result is that libertarianism has benefitted major corporations and billionaires far more than it has benefitted the middle-class pot smoker (now approaching lower class.) | Because "he who pays the piper calls the tunes", the result is that libertarianism has benefitted major corporations and billionaires far more than it has benefitted the middle-class pot smoker (now approaching lower class.) |