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In the American political climate, the only people advocating something like traditional liberalism are the libertarians. And libertarianism is, roughly, exagge
by JCzynski 10y ago
In the American political climate, the only people advocating something like traditional liberalism are the libertarians. And libertarianism is, roughly, exaggerated liberalism.
I know personally I identified as a left-libertarian and then realized that classical liberal was a more legible way to express the same positions.
- FabHK 10y agoThe problem is that a lot of US libertarianism is Koch-brother-financed astroturfing for the right (such as the Institute for Humane Studies, etc.). So, I'd think that your left-libertarian position is somewhat rare, and most libertarianism is of the right variety. Classical liberalism is a much better term, in my view. And mind you, Milton Friedman himself advocated for government intervention in many cases (natural monopolies, externalities, maybe even asymmetric information, not sure).
- JCzynski 10y agoNot really. The Kochs put some money into the tea party (not ideological libertarians) and some small-government think tanks, but the Libertarian Party and most of the people who'd call themselves libertarians aren't really connected