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The early descriptions reminded me of libertarianism. did anyone else feel that? “Libertarians seek to maximize political freedom and autonomy, emphasizing ind

The early descriptions reminded me of libertarianism. did anyone else feel that? “Libertarians seek to maximize political freedom and autonomy, emphasizing individualism, freedom of choice and voluntary association.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

Giorgi 6y ago
Yes, libertarianism is quite close to anarchy or minarchy. It looks like such sentiments are very strong in places where goverment has failed their people for dozens of years, in comparison of Europe for example.
- torb-xyz 6y ago
  With the exception of anarchism being anti-capitalist. Any ‘anarchist’ that is pro-capitalism is generally not regarded as anarchist by the wider anarchist movement. Fun fact: befor the modern US meaning, libertarian used to mean anarchist-communist as a way around french authorities banning the word anarchist in the late 1800 if I remember correctly.
  - vidarh 6y ago
    The first use was Joseph Dejaque criticising Proudhon for not going far enough. Specifically he criticised Proudhons views on women. This first use was in the 1850's I believe. Left wing libertarianism predates the right wing use of the term by about a century. During that time it was very much a term that encompassed anarchists and some other socialists such as libertarian Marxists.
licebmi__at__ 6y ago
Yes, they are both kinds of libertarianism[1], the main difference is that left wing reject private property (not personal property), which is argued that its existence will create power structures thus defeating the purpose of said libertarianism. 1: “One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that, for the first time in my memory, we, ‘our side,’ had captured a crucial word from the enemy . . . ‘Libertarians’ . . . had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists, that is for anti-private property anarchists, either of the communist or syndicalist variety. But now we had taken it over..." - Murray Rothbard

Giorgi 6y ago

Yes, libertarianism is quite close to anarchy or minarchy. It looks like such sentiments are very strong in places where goverment has failed their people for dozens of years, in comparison of Europe for example.

torb-xyz 6y ago
With the exception of anarchism being anti-capitalist. Any ‘anarchist’ that is pro-capitalism is generally not regarded as anarchist by the wider anarchist movement. Fun fact: befor the modern US meaning, libertarian used to mean anarchist-communist as a way around french authorities banning the word anarchist in the late 1800 if I remember correctly.
- vidarh 6y ago
  The first use was Joseph Dejaque criticising Proudhon for not going far enough. Specifically he criticised Proudhons views on women. This first use was in the 1850's I believe. Left wing libertarianism predates the right wing use of the term by about a century. During that time it was very much a term that encompassed anarchists and some other socialists such as libertarian Marxists.

licebmi__at__ 6y ago

Yes, they are both kinds of libertarianism[1], the main difference is that left wing reject private property (not personal property), which is argued that its existence will create power structures thus defeating the purpose of said libertarianism. 1: “One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that, for the first time in my memory, we, ‘our side,’ had captured a crucial word from the enemy . . . ‘Libertarians’ . . . had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists, that is for anti-private property anarchists, either of the communist or syndicalist variety. But now we had taken it over..." - Murray Rothbard