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While originating in Marxism, this thought is also exposed by Libertarians in their critique of government. Giving too much power to the government is basically
by glimshe 3y ago
While originating in Marxism, this thought is also exposed by Libertarians in their critique of government. Giving too much power to the government is basically the same as giving power to elites and thus it is a move against freedom.
- hef19898 3y agoIronic how most egalitarians are themselves elites. They want less government, when it hinders them. For all other reasons, government is good. E.g. fighting wars to get oil...
- avgcorrection 3y agoThe “Libertarianism” that you refer to here is a word stolen from the Anarchist tradition (e.g. Chomsky), a socialist tendency that has nothing to do with the radical right-wing ideology of entities like the Libertarian Party in the US. Such “Libertarianism” can't even claim that their own name originates with themselves.
- latency-guy2 3y agoSo it seems things can only originate from leftist thought, but only after Marx, nothing before matters. The world began in 1800. Marx gave light, and created the world.
- avgcorrection 3y agoRight-Libertarianism came after Marx.