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abandonconflict

abandonconflict

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"One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that, for the first time in my memory, we, 'our side' had captured a crucial word from the enemy. 'Libertarians', had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists, that is for anti-private property anarchists, either of the communist or syndicalist variety. But now we had taken it over." ~Murray Rothbard
 
Harrekin

Harrekin

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abandonconflict said:
"One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that, for the first time in my memory, we, 'our side' had captured a crucial word from the enemy. 'Libertarians', had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists, that is for anti-private property anarchists, either of the communist or syndicalist variety. But now we had taken it over." ~Murray Rothbard
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Oh, so now it's left-wing anarchists too?

I always thought the point of anarchists was they wanted the wings cut off.
 
abandonconflict

abandonconflict

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Harrekin said:
Oh, so now it's left-wing anarchists too?

I always thought the point of anarchists was they wanted the wings cut off.
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The point is, here is the "founder of American libertarianism" admitting he captured a word from what he called his enemy. That he describes his enemy as left wing only proves that he is right wing.

I doubt you know enough about the French Revolution to know what the metaphor means, but I'll give you a hint, it is socioeconomic and the language has become so muddled that the metaphor is meaningless. American politics are occupied by two "right wing" parties and a "libertarian party" even further to the right than both.
 
abandonconflict

abandonconflict

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"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently." ~Friedrich Nietzsche
 
Harrekin

Harrekin

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Lol, and you said I'm frothy?

Seems like you've proven what I said before to be correct.


Thanks for playing.
 
Harrekin

Harrekin

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abandonconflict said:
Ah, so you're just a troll and don't know shit about politics, philosophy or economics. Stop playing.
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Nah, I'm just ignoring it because we've circled that topic more times than the moon has circled the planet.

By all means tho, don't let me stop you talking to yourself.
 
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