Most libertarians are merely in favor of capital and are against the state only insofar the state is the only force capable of credibly challenging the power of capital. As long as the state doesn’t do that, e.g. Asian Tigers, they’re ok with it.
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I mean the main point is that the right opposites are statist-v-anarchist and capital-v-labor. In one quadrant you have “true” liberarians, then “left” anarchists, then Maoists/Stalinists, then Dengists/LKYists.
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The vast majority of people who call themselves libertarians will take LKYism over left anarchism every day and twice on Sundays—which goes to show that their real commitment is not to anti-statism but to capital
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The snarky version of this to ask the following rhetorical question: have you ever met a self-described libertarian who doesn’t live in a nice neighborhood?
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The dirty truth is that most self-described libertarians are nothing more than casuistrists for unfettered capital. And when you read all the primary material around MPS, this becomes entirely apparent.
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Mont Pelerin Society — the fons et origo of the modern libertarian movement
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now I have to look up fons et origo
you intellectual elitists and your jargon, why can't you say everything with memes and rick and morty refs like the rest of us 🙄
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