What exactly does it mean to be a “left-wing libertarian?”

[dead0man]

it seems like one of our worst posters of all time was a proud left libertarian....the only name that comes to mind is Ziggy (who's actual poster name I also can't remember), but I think it was the other train wreck of a poster from around the same time.

[dead0man]

it seems like one of our worst posters of all time was a proud left libertarian....the only name that comes to mind is Ziggy (who's actual poster name I also can't remember), but I think it was the other train wreck of a poster from around the same time.

Ziggy was an avowed fascist. You might be thinking of Libertas.

yes, that's it

[dead0man]

Traditionally, libertarian was a more polite term for anarchists.

no it hasn't.

To be sure, many non-libertarians seem to think that.  It's why you get stupid sh**t like "Somalia is a libertarian paradise".  Somehow they also get accused of being Trump supporters.  It's almost like some people are ignorant about this stuff on purpose.

[dead0man]

Traditionally, libertarian was a more polite term for anarchists.

no it hasn't.

To be sure, many non-libertarians seem to think that.  It's why you get stupid sh**t like "Somalia is a libertarian paradise".  Somehow they also get accused of being Trump supporters.  It's almost like some people are ignorant about this stuff on purpose.

Speaking of ignorant on purpose, do you actually not know what anarchism is or are you pretending to be offended?

let's see

an·ar·chism
/ˈanərˌkizəm/
noun
belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.

since libertarians do NOT want the "abolition of all government" it is dumb to say libertarianism is a polite term for anarchism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Marxism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-communism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(economic_theory)

All schools of thought predate Von Mises and co’s co-option of the term

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