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I've always like Howard Zinn and I'm pretty far away from him politically speaking. I'm about as libertarian as they come but I always admired his consistent an
by jswinghammer 17y ago
I've always like Howard Zinn and I'm pretty far away from him politically speaking. I'm about as libertarian as they come but I always admired his consistent anti-war tone.
I always get annoyed when people don't like the opposition party's wars but love their party's wars. Zinn was always one of my favorite people on the left because he didn't like any war in American history or see it as a "good war".
I wish him well and think we're all a bit worse off for his absence.
- rms 17y agoIs there really that much difference between libertarianism and libertarian socialism? Both are anti-authoritarian political ideologies. The main disagreement seems to be about the role of labor unions in our society. There is much more common ground between libertarian socialism and libertarianism than there is between libertarianism and American centrism.
- jessejmc 17y agoThe main disagreement is on the existance of private property, which has far reaching implications.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoLibertarianism opposes the initiation of force. Libertarian socialists, like regular socialists, favor the use of force. They differ from socialists only on exactly who should be empowered to use it (the state vs smaller agencies).