Marshall is equating libertarianism with white supremacy. I think this is roughly equivalent to equating socialism with Stalinism, conservatism with Nazism or Islam with terrorism. This attitude of some of the left is unbelievably destructive and dangerous. https://twitter.com/Econ_Marshall/status/1079490048968527873 …
I don’t interpret Marshall as making that argument that libertarianism is more white supremacist than other ideologies. He seems to acknowledge that the New Deal also has these elements, in racializing access to homeownership finance via redlining
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and excluding domestic, ag workers from NLRA among others. Maybe I am wrong, but it feels like non-libertarian US circles are more willing to engage in self-reflection about disparate outcomes while the ostensible color blindness of libertarianism literally blinds the movement
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Ummm, he works for the
@rooseveltinst. And he literally equated the two. So are you saying he accepts that, literally, he works for the White Supremacist Institute -
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@Econ_Marshall would be grossly offended by that statement, but I’ll let him speak for himself. Regardless of the ideology, I think it is really hard to devise equitable policy and it’s OK/normal to self-examine for disparate outcomes on a constant basis.
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