...He left behind the socialism he learned at his mother's knee for a more liberta...
The new capitalism triumphantly appropriated this anti-hierarchical rhetoric of '68, presenting itself as a successful libertarian revolt against the oppressive social organizations of corporate capitalism and "really existing" socialism. This new libertarian spirit is epitomized by dressed-down "cool" capitalists such as Microsoft's Bill Gates and the founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. So, what we have is "their" and "our" May '68. In today's ideological memory, "our" basic idea of the May demonstrations-the link between students' protests and workers' strikes-is forgotten. One should give weight to the terms "global citizenship" and "common concern." Doesn't this desire to establish a global political organization and engagement that will neutralize and channel market forces mea...
While the small-government advocacy of the tea party movement and other conservative candidates have drawn attention to some libertarian beliefs, Americans are evenly split in their judgments of the word "libertarian." As many give a positive response (38%) as give a negative response (37%) to the word. About one-in-ten (9%) have neither a positive or negative reaction to the term, while 16% don't know or refused to respond. In fact, with nearly a quarter of the public not having a positive or negative reaction, "libertarian" produced far fewer responses than words such as "socialism" or "capitalism" or "progressive." Also, though most libertarian- friendly candidates find a home in the GOP, more Republicans (44%) have a negative reaction to the word, while just three-in-ten (31%) have ...
Editor's note: These remarks were delivered to a meeting of the Texas Lyceum in Austin on April 3, at a debate between University of Texas professor James Galbraith, an Observer contributing writer, and former Majority Leader Richard Armey, chief instigator of the recent Astroturf "tea party" protests. Armey had begun his remarL· by noting that hL· rule in life was "never trust anyone from Austin or Boston," and proceeded to declare his allegiance to the "Austrian School" of economics, a libertarian view that regards public intervention in private markets as socialism. Second, a person. It would not be right to blame any single person for these events, but if I had to choose one to name it would be a Texan, our own distinguished former Senator Phil Gramm. I'd cite specifically the repea...
The present paper subjects unions to a libertarian analysis and finds this organizational structure highly problematic from the perspective of the criminal law. Libertarianism is defined as that philosophy which opposes the initiation, or the threat thereof, of violence against non-aggressing people. Unions are characterized as groups which although need not in principle act contrary to this stricture, as a matter of fact always and ever do so. Hence, organized labor, as presently constituted, cannot be reconciled with libertarian principles of non-aggression. They are thus, in effect, criminal gangs and should be seen and treated as such.
... still think the earth is flat, or that socialism is an ethical and efficacious system! That does no...
You'd think the framers had a rather strange sense of humor, scheduling the election so close to Halloween, but alas, Halloween is a relatively recent holiday coming late in the 1800s to the U.S. It can still be pretty scary out there with all those fanciful monsters running through our streets. So, what is the biggest bugaboo on the political stage this year? I nominate socialism. That's right, the fear of the state redistributing our wealth to others. The problem is, we tend to throw "socialism" around with little sense of what might qualify as "redistribution of wealth" in a complex society. For our purposes, let's define "socialism" as instances in which the state either outright owns or manages an industry or service, or uses revenues to provide a service that would not otherwise b...
... States is a mixed society - part libertarian, part socialist - and has been from its conception...
The federal government is planning to buy into the nation's largest banks, but not everyone is buying the plan.
...For Hornberger, the plan smacks of socialism. "This is a capitalistic society," he said. "When ... socialism," said Don Patterson, a libertarian in Laguna Niguel. "Socialism never makes sense. As...
... business-cycle theory, his critique of socialism and planning, his analysis of competition and the ...-the-mud who resisted the more radical libertarian defense of "anarchocapitalism." In this part of th...
Nat had a way of pissing off the writers and editors of two generations of lefties by which, not to put too fine a point on it, I mean just about everyone who came of age from the Vietnam era on that was unmatched by anyone I know of. ("When I wantyour opinion," I once heard him say to another Voice editor during a verbal debate, "I'll ask Tom Hayden for it") This caused resentment among those of us who lacked his courage, but that didn't stop us from using his catch phrases: "crisis journalism," for instance, about publications that descend on a story en masse when the shit hits the fan, but who ignored the issues before they exploded; the "tyranny of majoritarianism," referring to activist groups who suppress dissent in their own ranks; "flash journalism," exhibited by publications l...
... politics, Hentoff once wrote, are "libertarian socialism," two words that in theory seem to be as...
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