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Not all these wars are lame: > Various supporters of the US Libertarian party (founded in > 1971) argue that they own the meaning of the word > 'libertarian'
by einpoklum 7y ago
Not all these wars are lame:
> Various supporters of the US Libertarian party (founded in
> 1971) argue that they own the meaning of the word
> 'libertarian', that placing it next to 'socialism' is a
> contradiction in terms, and hence that libertarian socialism
> (described circa 1850) cannot possibly have existed. An edit
> war and request-for-deletion war ensues.
The question of the meaning of "liberty" and the compatibility of liberty with socialized means of production (and the meaning of "socializing") is quite a deep subject. So, not lame.
- drngdds 7y agoIt's still quite lame to try and get the article deleted based on that. Libertarian socialism is an ideology which exists and is noteworthy enough to get an encyclopedia article, whether or not the name is self-contradictory.
- einpoklum 7y agoI don't think the deletion is appropriate, but what appears to some people as petty or lame may be ideologically significant to others.