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Lysander was a Libertarian, and Anarchist, and a Socialist. His polital opinions were (and are today) very rare in that he was Left libertarian, where most pe
by syshum 7y ago
Lysander was a Libertarian, and Anarchist, and a Socialist.
His polital opinions were (and are today) very rare in that he was Left libertarian, where most people that label themselves libertarian are Right Libertarians.
Also most people that label themselves Socialist, are Authoritarians Socialists (meaning socialism via government violence)
Lysander Spooner is one of my favorite philosophers, his work No Treason the constitution of no authority was one of the first things of his I read, and still find it fascinating
- int_19h 7y agoIt should be noted that the word "libertarian" was originally invented by left libertarians of the most extreme variety (anarcho-communists, who deny private property altogether) to describe themselves. From there, it quickly became a catch-all self-identification for pretty much everybody on the anarchist and minarchist left, covering anarcho-socialists, mutualists etc. There was no "right libertarian" as a commonly understood term until the 1950s.
- mikojan 7y agoHis opinions were not that rare. The socialist mainstream of his time was libertarian and "Anarchism" was just the name of this current. In fact, leading up to his coup d'etat Lenin himself published quasi-anarchist pamphlets. The Bolshevik's rallying cry was "All power to the soviets!" - "soviets" were (libertarian, socialist) workers' councils.