tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1506120708249088981..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: How Social Justice Doctrine is Infesting LibertarianismRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7923281713280226882014-04-16T10:47:20.574-04:002014-04-16T10:47:20.574-04:00This is an incredibly eye opening article, and I f...This is an incredibly eye opening article, and I found within in the link to Brink Lindsey's commentary even more enlightening as to the "playbook" being used to corrupt libertarianism and why.<br /><br />I really appreciate Gordon & EPJ pointing it out.<br /><br />The Brink Lindsey piece makes some notable points that should make anyone interested in focusing on libertarian Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72952059617354572872014-04-15T21:16:01.343-04:002014-04-15T21:16:01.343-04:00In addition to what I wrote earlier (anon at 6:12)...In addition to what I wrote earlier (anon at 6:12), this "New Libertarian" philosophy is indefensibly loose. The basic claim is that "private property" as a definition encompasses the Hoppean/Rothbardian conception of property only insfoar as a certain result is achieved with respect to the "poor".<br /><br />A few comments. First, "poor" is an arbitrary Perry Masonhttp://www.notapplicable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24723466785326262602014-04-15T19:26:49.084-04:002014-04-15T19:26:49.084-04:00Now you see, this is why we need to be concentrati...Now you see, this is why we need to be concentrating on the peaceful stuff because these pretend libertarians are trying to turn into some sick leftist religion. They need to be cast OUT!Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6762553314784347802014-04-15T18:12:11.676-04:002014-04-15T18:12:11.676-04:00Very good read. My biggest objection to the piece...Very good read. My biggest objection to the piece is his claim that Hayek is today's standard-bearer outside of these New Libertarians. That is only the case if one limits his view to government-focused NGO's, think tanks, and publicly funded university professors.<br /><br />The standard bearer for the proverbial average Libertarian remains Murray Rothbard. Website data doesn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19049175169838125352014-04-15T18:04:42.953-04:002014-04-15T18:04:42.953-04:00How the CEO of HFT Firm Virtu Financial is Demandi...How the CEO of HFT Firm Virtu Financial is Demanding a Taxpayer Bailout in Florida<br /><br />What the financial crisis, subsequent taxpayer bailouts, zero prosecutions of financial industry participants and further consolidation of the economy by oligarchs has taught us more than anything else is that the super rich and politically connected are not allowed to fail. Apparently, this may also Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7545114284903043152014-04-15T17:36:15.751-04:002014-04-15T17:36:15.751-04:00Right-wing Fascism claimed, under the mantel of Pr...Right-wing Fascism claimed, under the mantel of Progressivism, to be the inheritor of the "Left" and the "Liberal," both which turned the historical meanings 180 degrees. But that's the way Doublespeak works. As Orwell noted, "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com