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Romantic Heretic12/12/2012 7:37:04 pm PST

re: #78 EPR-radar

US-style libertarianism comes down to “I’ve got mine, you can FOAD”. Embracing this view naturally makes people meaner.

I regard Libertarianism a marketing ploy, a rebranding. It’s really anarchism. There were two clever reasons for this in my opinion.

First, it cut off Libertarianism from history. It no longer has the baggage of anarchism. Libertarianism is shiny, new and pure.

Second, it sets the argument before the argument even starts. To argue against Libertarianism is to argue against the very concept of liberty. Which is bullshit but that’s how it appears.

Clever of whoever thought of this rebranding. Clever but unethical.