Posted by Nicholas Stix
Self-Defeating Libertarian Rhetoric
By Ex-Army and Sean Gabb
August 16, 2012
Ex-Army Libertarian Nationalist
We libertarians are very aware of the virtue of freedom, especially economic freedom. But we have an unfortunate tendency to confuse crony capitalism with actual economic freedom, and we all too readily leap to the defense of big business in principle, forgetting that big business is mostly as opposed to real economic freedom as their pals in Government are. How else to explain massive contributions to Obama from these big money guys? If you doubt this, think of two names: Warren Buffett and George Soros. When we defend the behavior of that sort, we make ourselves look naive at best, and complicit at worst.
Indeed, the recent history of libertarianism in the US has been that of shooting ourselves in the foot. From applying the sacredness of economic freedom to prostitution to showing solidarity with those who would make sodomy a sacrament, it seems that we're determined to marginalize ourselves and make neocons and liberals look sensible by contrast.
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