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> the basis of the right of self-determination, which is very dear to the Left. That's an interesting perspective. I think of that as more libertarian and righ
by hackuser 11y ago
> the basis of the right of self-determination, which is very dear to the Left.
That's an interesting perspective. I think of that as more libertarian and right-wing. In the U.S., those supporting states rights (over the federal government) are overwhelmingly on the right. The left is stereotyped as wanting a 'nanny state'.
- icebraining 11y agoAh, you are talking about individual self-determination, but I was talking about self-determination of "a people", as declared in the first article of the UN Charter. This doesn't mean a lack of government, or a smaller one (in terms of "nannyism"). In this example, the Scots and the regions of Spain consider themselves a different "people" from the whole country (with different languages, culture, etc) and want independence to form their own (possibly "nanny") State and government. That said, the concept of libertarianism and reduction/elimination of government being right-wing is mostly a (relatively recent) American invention. The long history of Anarchism and individual libertarianism, including in the US with fellows like Benjamin Tucker, was mostly left-wing and anti-capitalist, since Proudhon coined the term.