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Libertarian doesn't mean "right-wing", it just was co-opted as such, in fact there are many left-wing libertarians.
by AsyncAwait 8y ago
Libertarian doesn't mean "right-wing", it just was co-opted as such, in fact there are many left-wing libertarians.
- MistahKoala 8y agoAnd libertarians aren't necessarily or typically objectivists.
- michaelmrose 8y agoMany as in 2%? There are certainly some ideas of merit but supporting politicians that push it seems to inevitably involve benefiting the right who is pushing for many agendas that will personally damage me and mine so I cannot in good conscience do so.
- AsyncAwait 8y agoIn Europe, it's many, in the U.S. not so much. That's why most politicians you see are of the right-wing variety. And you seem to be misunderstanding. Left-wing libertarians do not have the same set of ideas as the right-wing ones, you seem to think that there is "libertarianism" and that I am saying that some on the left also stand for those ideas that those on the right, (the only real area of agreement is an anti-war stance). Left libertarianism is mostly about personal freedom, as opposed to authoritarianism, while still being in favor of social programs, oppose privatization of public services etc. You should read up on it. See also [1]. "In the United States, the word "libertarian" has become associated with right-libertarianism after Murray Rothbard and Karl Hess reached out to the New Left in the 1960s.[7] However, until then political usage of the word was associated exclusively with anti-capitalism and in most parts of the world such an association still predominates." 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism